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Dinictis felina
Taxonomy
Dinictis felina was named by Leidy (1854) [genotype]. It is the type species of Deinictis.
It was recombined as Deinictis felina by Hay (1902).
It was recombined as Deinictis felina by Hay (1902).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1854 | Dinictis felina Leidy |
1856 | Deinictis felina Leidy p. 91 |
1857 | Dinictis felina Leidy p. 90 |
1873 | Daptophilus squalidens Cope p. 2 |
1879 | Dinictis squalidens Cope |
1879 | Dinictis cyclops Cope p. 9 |
1880 | Dinictis cyclops Cope p. 846 |
1880 | Dinictis felina Cope p. 846 |
1880 | Dinictis squalidens Cope p. 846 |
1895 | Dinictis bombifrons Adams |
1895 | Dinictis fortis Adams |
1896 | Dinictis paucidens Riggs |
1902 | Deinictis bombifrons Hay p. 779 |
1902 | Deinictis cyclops Hay p. 780 |
1902 | Deinictis felina Hay p. 780 |
1902 | Deinictis fortis Hay p. 780 |
1902 | Deinictis squalidens Hay p. 780 |
1908 | Dinictis felina Lambe |
1910 | Dinictis squalidens Matthew |
1920 | Dinictis squalidens Thorpe |
1936 | Dinictis squalidens Scott and Jepsen |
1953 | Dinictis squalidens Galbreath |
1996 | Dinictis cyclops Bryant |
2016 | Dinictis felina Barrett p. 42 |
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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.
†Dinictis felina Leidy 1854
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Invalid names: Daptophilus squalidens Cope 1873 [synonym], Dinictis bombifrons Adams 1895 [synonym], Dinictis cyclops Cope 1879 [synonym], Dinictis fortis Adams 1895 [synonym], Dinictis paucidens Riggs 1896 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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E. D. Cope 1873 (Daptophilus squalidens) | Third premolar with the anterior basal tubercle very large, equalling, relatively, the corresponding lobe of the carnassial (much smaller in Dinictisfel'i-nct). Second premolar two-rooted. Enamel smooth. Ramus decnrved at symphysis. Superior canine in shape like a tooth of a shark of the genus O:cyrhinci; flat within, slightly convex without; th~ front cutting edge turned inwards at the basis. | |
P. Z. Barrett 2016 | Same as genus. |
Measurements
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Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Van Valkenburgh 1988, Carroll 1988, Martin 1998 |
Age range: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Geringian or 37.20000 to 26.30000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Chadronian | USA (South Dakota) | Dinictis fortis (17006) | |
Chadronian | USA (Nebraska) | Dinictis felina (16918) | |
Orellan | USA (Wyoming) | Dinictis paucidens (17157) | |
Orellan | USA (South Dakota) | Dinictis felina (17133 17295) Dinictis squalidens (17180) | |
Orellan | USA (Nebraska) | Dinictis felina (17098) | |
Whitneyan | USA (Nebraska) | Dinictis bombifrons (17390) | |
Geringian | USA (Oregon) | Dinictis cyclops (93078) |