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Metailurus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Metailurus Zdansky
1965Metailurus Savage p. 302
1983Metailurus Berta and Galiano p. 896
1988Metailurus Carroll
2003Metailurus Roussiakis and Theodorou
2008Metailurus Slater and Van Valkenburgh p. 407
2010Metailurus Werdelin and Peigne p. 652
2012Metailurus Koufos p. 56

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—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
tribeMetailurini
genusMetailurus

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. †Metailurus Zdansky 1924
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†Metailurus major Zdansky 1924
†Metailurus parvulus Hensel 1862
†Metailurus ultimus Li 2014
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. J. G. Savage 1965NimravinewithP^2absent,P3largeandP4withstrongparacone and well developed parastyle : P 2 if present very reduced.
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: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MN 10 to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 9.70000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333China (Nei Mongol) M. mongoliensis (28781)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Ukraine M. boodon (75800)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Romania (Ilfov) M. sp. (199755)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246China (Yunnan) Pseudaelurus sp. (11798)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Moldova M. parvulus (152254)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya M. sp. (22241)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Greece M. parvulus (191070)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attiki) M. parvulus (195562)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Kenya M. sp. (230935)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) M. parvulus (195432)
MN 10 - MN 119.7 - 7.75China (Shaanxi) M. sp. (78323)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) M. parvulus, M. major (202213)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Makedonia Thraki) M. parvulus (157582)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Aragon) M. parvulus (35339)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') M. parvulus (174455)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Gansu) M. major (42676)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Bulgaria M. major (208569)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya M. sp. (22242)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2China (Shanxi) M. sp. (42477)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Nebraska) M. sp. (34382)