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Taxonomy
Smilodon gracilis was named by Cope (1880). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Port Kennedy Cave, which is in an Irvingtonian cave horizon in Pennsylvania.
It was recombined as Machaerodus gracilis by Cope (1899), Matthew (1918) and Slaughter (1960); it was recombined as Machairodus gracilis by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Smilodontopsis gracilis by Brown (1908); it was recombined as Megantereon gracilis by Martin (1980), Morgan and Ridgway (1987) and Martin et al. (1988); it was recombined as Ischyrosmilus gracilis by Churcher (1984).
It was recombined as Machaerodus gracilis by Cope (1899), Matthew (1918) and Slaughter (1960); it was recombined as Machairodus gracilis by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Smilodontopsis gracilis by Brown (1908); it was recombined as Megantereon gracilis by Martin (1980), Morgan and Ridgway (1987) and Martin et al. (1988); it was recombined as Ischyrosmilus gracilis by Churcher (1984).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1880 | Smilodon gracilis Cope |
1895 | Uncia mercerii Cope p. 448 |
1899 | Machaerodus gracilis Cope |
1899 | Smilodon mercerii Cope |
1902 | Machairodus gracilis Hay p. 778 |
1902 | Machairodus mercerii Hay p. 778 |
1908 | Smilodontopsis gracilis Brown |
1908 | Smilodontopsis mercerii Brown |
1918 | Machaerodus gracilis Matthew |
1918 | Machaerodus mercerii Matthew |
1932 | Smilodon gracilis Merriam and Stock |
1960 | Machaerodus gracilis Slaughter |
1960 | Machaerodus mercerii Slaughter |
1974 | Smilodon gracilis Webb |
1980 | Smilodon gracilis Kurten and Anderson p. 186 |
1980 | Megantereon gracilis Martin |
1983 | Smilodon gracilis Berta and Galiano p. 897 |
1984 | Ischyrosmilus gracilis Churcher |
1985 | Smilodon gracilis Berta |
1987 | Smilodon gracilis Berta |
1987 | Megantereon gracilis Morgan and Ridgway |
1988 | Megantereon gracilis Martin et al. |
1990 | Smilodon gracilis Kurtén and Werdelin p. 158 |
1995 | Smilodon gracilis Morgan and Hulbert, Jr. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available