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Nimravus brachyops

Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae

Taxonomy
Machaerodus brachyops was named by Cope (1878). It is the type species of Nimravus.

It was recombined as Hoplophoneus brachyops by Cope (1879); it was recombined as Pogonodon brachyops by Cope (1880), Merriam (1906) and Thorpe (1920); it was recombined as Dinictis brachyops by Adams (1896); it was recombined as Deinictis brachyops by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Nimravus brachyops by Cope (1879), Cope (1881), Mivart (1881), Matthew (1910), Toohey (1959), Macdonald (1963), Macdonald (1970), Bryant (1996), Peigné (2003) and Barrett (2016).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Machaerodus brachyops Cope p. 72
1879Hoplophoneus brachyops Cope
1879Nimravus brachyops Cope
1879Archaelurus debilis Cope p. 798a
1880Nimravus confertus Cope
1880Archaelurus debilis Cope p. 842
1880Nimravus confertus Cope p. 844–845
1880Nimravus gomphodus Cope p. 844
1880Pogonodon brachyops Cope p. 849
1881Nimravus brachyops Cope p. 171
1881Nimravus gomphodus Cope p. 171
1881Nimravus confertus Cope p. 172
1881Nimravus brachyops Mivart
1896Dinictis brachyops Adams
1898Dinictis major Lucas
1902Deinictis brachyops Hay p. 780
1902Deinictis major Hay p. 780
1902Archaelurus debilis Hay p. 781
1902Nimravus confertus Hay p. 781
1902Nimravus gomphodus Hay p. 781
1906Pogonodon brachyops Merriam
1907Nimravus sectator Matthew
1910Nimravus brachyops Matthew
1910Nimravus debilis Matthew
1910Nimravus major Matthew
1920Pogonodon brachyops Thorpe
1930Archaelurus debilis Hay
1930Nimravus major Hay
1933Nimravus meridianus Stock
1936Dinictis major Scott and Jepsen
1936Nimravus bumpensis Scott and Jepsen
1950Nimravus altidens Macdonald
1959Nimravus brachyops Toohey
1963Nimravus brachyops Macdonald
1970Nimravus brachyops Macdonald
1994Nimravus debilis Fremd
1996Nimravus brachyops Bryant
2003Nimravus brachyops Peigné
2016Nimravus brachyops Barrett p. 62 figs. 5B, 6B, 7B, 8B, 10B, 12B, 15B

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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
tribeNimravini
genusNimravusCope 1879
speciesbrachyops()

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.

Nimravus brachyops Cope 1878
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Invalid names: Archaelurus debilis Cope 1879 [synonym], Dinictis major Lucas 1898 [synonym], Nimravus altidens Macdonald 1950 [synonym], Nimravus bumpensis Scott and Jepsen 1936 [synonym], Nimravus confertus Cope 1880 [synonym], Nimravus gomphodus Cope 1880 [synonym], Nimravus meridianus Stock 1933 [synonym], Nimravus sectator Matthew 1907 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Z. Barrett 2016Same as genus.