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Smilodon fatalis

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Felis fatalis was named by Leidy (1868).

It was recombined as Trucifelis fatalis by Leidy (1869); it was recombined as Machaerodus fatalis by Lydekker (1884); it was synonymized subjectively with Smilodon populator by Berta (1985) and Berta (1987); it was recombined as Smilodon fatalis by Cope (1880), Hay (1902), Lull (1921), Merriam and Stock (1932), Slaughter (1963), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Martin et al. (1988), Martin and Schultz (1988), Kurtén and Werdelin (1990) and Dalquest and Schultz (1992).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Felis fatalis Leidy p. 175
1869Trucifelis fatalis Leidy
1880Smilodon fatalis Cope p. 854
1884Machaerodus fatalis Lydekker
1889Machaerodus floridanus Leidy
1896Smilodon floridanus Adams
1902Smilodon fatalis Hay p. 780
1902Smilodon floridanus Hay p. 781
1907Smilodon californicus Bovard
1908Smilodontopsis conardi Brown
1908Smilodontopsis troglodytes Brown
1918Smilodon nebraskensis Matthew
1921Smilodon fatalis Lull
1932Smilodon fatalis Merriam and Stock
1932Smilodon floridanus Merriam and Stock
1959Smilodon floridanus Lammers
1960Smilodon trinitiensis Slaughter
1963Smilodon fatalis Slaughter
1963Smilodon floridanus Slaughter
1965Smilodon californicus Kurten
1974Smilodon floridanus Webb
1980Smilodon fatalis Kurten and Anderson p. 186
1980Smilodon floridanus Munson et al.
1983Smilodon floridanus Rawn-Schatzinger p. 49
1986Smilodon floridanus Forster and Spamer p. 192
1988Smilodon fatalis Martin and Schultz
1988Smilodon floridanus Martin et al.
1990Smilodon fatalis Kurtén and Werdelin p. 158
1992Smilodon fatalis Dalquest and Schultz

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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
RankNameAuthor
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
subfamilyMachairodontinaeGill 1872
tribeSmilodontiniKretzoi 1929
genusSmilodonLund 1841
speciesfatalis()

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.

Smilodon fatalis Leidy 1868
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Invalid names: Machaerodus floridanus Leidy 1889 [synonym], Smilodon californicus Bovard 1907 [synonym], Smilodon nebraskensis Matthew 1918 [synonym], Smilodon trinitiensis Slaughter 1960 [synonym], Smilodontopsis conardi Brown 1908 [synonym], Smilodontopsis troglodytes Brown 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available