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Parailurus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ailuridae

Taxonomy
Parailurus was named by Schlosser (1899). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Procyonidae by Schlosser (1899), Kurten (1968) and Carroll (1988); to Ailurinae by Baskin (1998); to Ailuridae by Wallace and Wang (2004); to Pristinailurini by Wallace and Lyon (2022); and to Ailurinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Kundrat (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Parailurus Schlosser
1968Parailurus Kurten p. 118
1980Parailurus Kurten and Anderson p. 177
1988Parailurus Carroll
1998Parailurus Baskin p. 149
2004Parailurus Wallace and Wang
2022Parailurus Kundrat
2022Parailurus Wallace and Lyon

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyAiluridae()
subfamilyAilurinae
tribePristinailurini
genusParailurusSchlosser 1899

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. †Parailurus Schlosser 1899
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†Parailurus anglicus Dawkins 1888
†Parailurus baikalicus Sotnikova 2008
†Parailurus hungaricus Kormos 1935
†Parailurus tedfordi Wallace and Lyon 2022
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:31:06
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:31:06
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Villanyian to the top of the Gelasian or 3.20000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Romania P. anglicus (40113)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Washington) P. sp. (20062)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Italy (Piedmont) P. hungaricus (49360)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Slovakia P. hungaricus (41025 41026 41027)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806United Kingdom (England) Ailurus anglicus (48093)