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Pseudaelurus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Pseudaelurus was named by Leidy (1858) [type European Felis quadridentata Blainville 1843 (= Pseudaelurus quadridentatus): see Rothwell 2003]. Its type is Felis quadridentata.

It was reranked as Felis (Pseudaelurus) by Leidy (1858).

It was assigned to Felis by Leidy (1858); to Nimravidae by Cope (1880); to Felinae by Hay (1902), Martin (1998) and Sach and Heizmann (2001); and to Felidae by Gervais (1848), Carroll (1988), Hunt (1998), Rothwell (2001) and Rothwell (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Pseudaelurus Gervais
1858Felis (Pseudaelurus) Leidy p. 22
1858Pseudaelurus Leidy p. 22
1880Pseudaelurus Cope p. 836
1902Pseudaelurus Hay p. 782
1988Pseudaelurus Carroll
1998Pseudaelurus Hunt, Jr. p. 41
1998Pseudaelurus Martin p. 238
2001Pseudaelurus Rothwell
2001Pseudaelurus Sach and Heizmann p. 28
2004Pseudaelurus Rothwell p. 159

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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
superfamilyFeloideaHay 1930
familyFelidae
genusPseudaelurus

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. †Pseudaelurus Leidy 1858
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Pseudaelurus aeluroides Macdonald 1954
Pseudaelurus africanus Andrews 1914
Pseudaelurus cuspidatus Wang et al. 1998
Pseudaelurus edwardsi Filhol 1872
Pseudaelurus guangheensis Cao et al. 1990
Pseudaelurus marshi Thorpe 1922
Pseudaelurus quadridentatus de Blainville 1843
Pseudaelurus romieviensis Roman and Viret 1934
Pseudaelurus skinneri Rothwell 2003
Pseudaelurus stouti Schultz and Martin 1972
Pseudaelurus validus Rothwell 2001
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. M. Rothwell 2001Members of Felidae with the unique combination of the following derived and primitive characters: presence of p2 with the usual absence of p1 and m2, m1 with reduced metaconid and talonid, P2 with one root, alisphenoid canal present, paroccip- ital process cupped about the posterior sur- face of an enlarged caudal entotympanic. Differing from extant felid genera by c cross section showing flattened inner surface and posterior trenchant edge, presence of p2, m1 with variable metaconid and reduced talonid, presence of alisphenoid canal. Differing from Metailurus by presence of alisphenoid canal and p2, absence of enlargement of mental ridge. Differing from Nimravides by smaller size and absence of any ventral mandibular mental ridge enlargement. Differing from Proailurus by absence of p1 and m2.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: "meat group" (Van Valkenburgh 1988)g
Created: 2009-01-04 14:33:05
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:33:05
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Van Valkenburgh 1988

Age range: base of the MN 3 to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 20.00000 to 0.12600 Ma

Collections (80 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mongolia P. sp. (85060)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Kenya P. africanus (146600)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France P. quadradentatus (200296)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya Metailurus africanus (21725 21726)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. romieviensis (69098)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.44 - 7.246France P. romievensis (187580)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Oregon) P. skinneri (212625)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) P. intrepidus (17988) P. validus (17920 17980)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Bavaria) P. transitorius (68040)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97France P. giumardiensis (142146)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Alsac) P. romieviensis (69106)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Gers) P. transitorius (69099)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Midi-Pyrénées) P. romievensis, P. quadidentatus (71873)
MN 4 - MN 516.9 - 13.65Greece (Macedonia) P. quadridentatus (73861)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) P. intrepidus (13297)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France P. turauensis, P. romieviensis (148401)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Turkey (Bursa) P. larteti, P. quadridentatus (68547)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. quadridentatus (48325)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Nebraska) P. intrepidus (18164) P. marshi (18209 18271) P. marshi, P. intrepidus (18442) P. sp. (18165 18208 18250 18443)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Oregon) P. sp. (19017)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Nevada) P. intrepidus (19097)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Colorado) Lynx stouti (18220)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (New Mexico) P. sp. (19449)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6Canada (Saskatchewan) P. aeluroides (18797)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (California) P. intrepidus (19542 214888) P. sp. (19392 19498)
Early/Lower Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Nebraska) P. aeluroides (85056) P. intrepdius (17983) P. marshi, P. stouti (17976) P. validus (17905 17911 17955 17975)
Early/Lower Barstovian - early Late Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (California) P. marshi (156738)
MN 5 - MN 615.97 - 12.75Portugal P. quadridentatus (65912)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) P. quadridentatus (42595)
Barstovian - Clarendonian15.97 - 10.3USA (Nebraska) Felis intrepidus (190543)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) P. quadridentatus (31775 31776)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) P. guimardiensis, P. transitorius (142149)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Slovakia (Bratislava) P. sp. (69711)
Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (California) P. intrepidus (19145) P. sp. (19489)
Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (South Dakota) P. sp. (18063 18481)
Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Nevada) P. sp. (18845 18888)
Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Oregon) P. sp. (18824)
Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Nebraska) P. sp. (18060)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian13.6 - 4.9USA (Wyoming) P. intrepidus (18424)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Spain P. larteti (70806)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Ukraine (Odessa) P. intrepedens (75792)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) P. quadridentatus (206345)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Texas) Carnivora indet. (18346)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Jalisco) P. intrepidus (189788 189790)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oregon) P. sp. (18935)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Guanajuato) P. intrepidus (18737 18740)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Chihuahua) P. sp. (18755)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Arizona) P. sp. (19612)
early Early Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) P. sp. (19538)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Yunnan) P. sp. (44220 44221 44222 44223 44224)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126China (Guizhou) P. sp. (51100)