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Pseudaelurus intrepidus

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Felis (Pseudaelurus) intrepidus was named by Leidy (1858). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Niobrara River (coll. Hayden 1857), which is in a Barstovian/Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Loup Fork Formation of Nebraska.

It was recombined as Pseudaelurus intrepidus by Leidy (1869), Cope (1880), Scott and Osborn (1890), Hay (1902), Rothwell (2003) and Rothwell (2004); it was recombined as Hyperailurictis intrepidus by Werdelin et al. (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Felis (Pseudaelurus) intrepidus Leidy p. 22
1869Pseudaelurus intrepidus Leidy
1880Pseudaelurus intrepidus Cope p. 841
1890Pseudaelurus intrepidus Scott and Osborn p. 71
1902Pseudaelurus intrepidus Hay p. 782
2003Pseudaelurus intrepidus Rothwell
2004Pseudaelurus intrepidus Rothwell p. 159
2010Hyperailurictis intrepidus Werdelin et al.

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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
superfamilyFeloideaHay 1930
familyFelidae
genusPseudaelurus
speciesintrepidus()

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.

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Diagnosis
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