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Quercylurus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae

Taxonomy
Quercylurus was named by Ginsburg (1979). It is not extant. Its type is Quercylurus major.

It was assigned to Felidae by Carroll (1988); and to Nimravinae by Peigné (2003).

Species
Q. major (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Quercylurus Ginsburg p. 53
1988Quercylurus Carroll
2003Quercylurus Peigné

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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
genusQuercylurusGinsburg 1979

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. †Quercylurus Ginsburg 1979
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Quercylurus major Ginsburg 1979
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Martin 1998, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Chattian or 33.90000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) Q. major (179147)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.03France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Q. major (184039)
MP 2533.9 - 23.03Spain (Cuenca) Q. major (184097)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Q. major (60281)