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Megantereon

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Megantereon was named by Croizet and Jobert (1828) [also attributed to Croizet alone]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Felidae by Croizet and Jobert (1828) and Carroll (1988); to Machairodontinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Martin (1998); and to Smilodontini by Kurten (1968), Berta and Galiano (1983), Kurtén and Werdelin (1990), Liu (2005), Slater and Van Valkenburgh (2008) and Wallace and Hulbert (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Megantereon Croizet and Jobert
1968Megantereon Kurten p. 73
1980Megantereon Kurten and Anderson p. 186
1983Megantereon Berta and Galiano p. 893
1988Megantereon Carroll
1990Megantereon Kurtén and Werdelin p. 158
1998Megantereon Martin p. 239
2005Megantereon Liu p. 132
2008Megantereon Slater and Van Valkenburgh p. 407
2013Megantereon Wallace and Hulbert p. 3 figs. Figure 2

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—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
superfamilyFeloideaHay 1930
familyFelidae
subfamilyMachairodontinaeGill 1872
tribeSmilodontiniKretzoi 1929
genusMegantereonCroizet and Jobert 1828

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. †Megantereon Croizet and Jobert 1828
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†Megantereon cultridens Cuvier 1824
†Megantereon eurynodon Ewer 1955
†Megantereon falconeri Pomel 1853
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Invalid names: Megantereon sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1868 [synonym]
†Megantereon gracilis Broom and Schepers 1946
†Megantereon hesperus Gazin 1933
†Megantereon inexpectatus Teilhard de Chardin 1939
†Megantereon megantereon Croizet and Jobert 1828
†Megantereon nihowanensis Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930
†Megantereon whitei Broom 1937
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:22:03
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 10.30000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (69 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan (Punjab) M. praecox (13473)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Chad M. sp. (190005)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) M. hesperus (18577)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) M. hesperus (18532 18573)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia M. sp. (22160)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa M. cultridens (21821)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) M. sp. (32050)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain (La Rioja) M. megantereon (38892)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tajikistan M. megantereon (34444)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kenya M. sp. (22321)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ethiopia M. sp. (21754)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774South Africa M. gracile (21791)
Zanclean - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Kenya M. sp. (21369 21399 21417 21473)
Pliocene - Middle Pleistocene5.333 - 0.129Spain M. whitei (188668)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alps) M. megantereon (44231)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Greece (Dytiki) M. cultridens (34811)
Zanclean - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia M. sp. (22197)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Homotheriini indet. (19936)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Nebraska) M. hesperus (19955)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Idaho) Machairodus hesperus (19819)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Montana) M. sp. (20084)
MN 15 - MN 164.2 - 2.588Ukraine M. sp. (50943)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa M. gracile (22340)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Kenya M. whitei (190021)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Romania M. megantereon (39846)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia M. sp. (21762 21783 21785)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Tanzania M. sp. (21801)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa M. eurynodon (22334) M. gracile (22331) M. sp. (22330)
MN 163.2 - 2.588France M. megantereon (47100)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Slovakia M. sp. (41026)
Villanyian - Pleistocene3.2 - 0.0117Greece (Macedonia) M. megantereon (34593)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya M. sp. (21451)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Spain (Granada) M. cultridens (77773)
MN 172.588 - 1.806Spain (Teruel) M. megantereon (36112)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France (Auvergne) M. megantereon (47131 47624)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France (Auvergne Region) M. megantereon (32105)
MN 172.588 - 1.806Italy (Tuscany) M. cultridens (49254)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France (Rhone-Alpes) M. megantereon (47150)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa M. sp. (21824)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Murcia) M. sp. (34911)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (central Macedonia ) M. sp. (197943)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Anhui) M. sp. (68380)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Auvergne) M. megantereon (42241)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa (Gauteng) M. sp. (190075) M. whitei (183152)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Georgia M. cultridens (56733)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Granada) M. whitei (34898 34943)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (Macedonia) M. cultridens (34784)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania M. sp. (33973)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya M. eurynodon (21466) M. sp. (21442)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117China (Yunnan) M. nihowanensis (36587)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Israel M. whitei (37024)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa M. cultridens (21828)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa M. gracile (21711)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya M. eurynodon (21524) M. sp. (21443)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa M. sp. (21822)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (La Rioja) M. cultridens (189976)