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Barbourofelis

Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Barbourofelis Schultz et al.
1982Barbourofelis Flynn and Galiano p. 53
1991Barbourofelis Bryant p. 71
1998Barbourofelis Martin
2008Barbourofelis Slater and Van Valkenburgh p. 407
2010Barbourofelis Tseng et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
familyNimravidaeCope 1880
subfamilyBarbourofelinaeSchultz et al. 1970
genusBarbourofelis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Barbourofelis Schultz et al. 1970
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†Barbourofelis fricki Schultz et al. 1970
†Barbourofelis loveorum Baskin 1981
†Barbourofelis morrisi Schultz et al. 1970
†Barbourofelis piveteaui Ozansoy 1965
†Barbourofelis vallesiensis de Beaumont and Crusafont-Pairo 1982
†Barbourofelis whitfordi Barbour and Cook 1915
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Invalid names: Ischyrosmilus osborni Merriam 1919 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-30 14:54:36
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:31:38
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Martin 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Clarendonian or 10.30000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) B. morrisi (18214 18227 18447) B. sp. (18218) B. whitfordi (18095 18467)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) B. lovei (19185) B. osborni (19322 19323) B. whitfordi (159702) Felidae indet. (19517)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Texas) B. whitfordi (18244 18355)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (South Dakota) Megantereon whitfordi (18063)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nevada) Sansanosmilus sp. (18845)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) B. lovei (18554)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) B. morrisi (18236) B. whitfordi (18134)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Kansas) B. sp. (18415)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nevada) B. fricki (19060)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oklahoma) B. loveorum (18034)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) B. fricki (18086)