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Parailurus anglicus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Ailuridae

Taxonomy
Ailurus anglicus was named by Dawkins (1888).

It was recombined as Parailurus anglicus by Kurten (1968), Tedford and Gustafson (1977) and Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Ailurus anglicus Dawkins
1922Ailurus anglicus Osborn p. 436
1968Parailurus anglicus Kurten p. 118
1977Parailurus anglicus Tedford and Gustafson
1980Parailurus anglicus Kurten and Anderson p. 177

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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
speciesanglicus(Dawkins 1888)

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.

Parailurus anglicus Dawkins 1888
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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: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Gelasian or 5.33300 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Romania Parailurus anglicus (40113)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806United Kingdom (England) Ailurus anglicus (48093)