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Eofelis

Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae

Taxonomy
Eofelis was named by Kretzoi (1938). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Felidae by Carroll (1988); to Nimravinae by Peigné (2000), Peigné (2001) and Peigné (2003); and to Nimravidae by de Bonis et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Eofelis Kretzoi
1988Eofelis Carroll
2000Eofelis Peigné
2001Eofelis Peigné
2003Eofelis Peigné
2019Eofelis de Bonis 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
subfamilyNimravinaeTrouessart 1885
genusEofelisKretzoi 1938

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. †Eofelis Kretzoi 1938
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†Eofelis edwardsii Filhol 1872
†Eofelis giganteus Peigné 2000
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: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Martin 1998

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 37.20000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Mongolia (Dornogov) E. sp. (174716)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) E. sp. (183665)
Late/Upper Eocene - Late/Upper Oligocene37.2 - 23.03France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) E. giganteus (184172)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) E. edwardsii (183670)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France (Midi-Pyrenées) E. edwardsi (167537)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine ) E. edwardsii (183511)
MP 2533.9 - 23.03Spain (Cuenca) E. edwardsii (184097)