Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Feliformia |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Felidae
Subfamilia: †Machairodontinae
Tribus: †Metailurini
Genus: †Metailurus
Species:
†M. hengduanshanensis –
†M. major –
†M. mongoliensis –
†M. obscurus –
†M. ultimus
Species incerti generis:
†M. kansensis [=†Adelphailurus kansensis] – †M. minor [=†Yoshi minor] – †M. teilhardi [=†Stenailurus teilhardi]
Species inquirendae:
†M. boodon –
†M. parvulus
Name
Metailurus Zdansky, 1924
Type species: Metailurus major Zdansky, 1924
References
Primary references
- Zdansky, O. 1924. Jungtertiäre Carnivoren Chinas. Palaeontologia Sinica, Series C 2(1): 1–149. Reference page.
Additional references
- Andersson, K. & Werdelin, L. 2005. Carnivora from the late Miocene of Lantian, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 43: 256–271. PDF Reference page.
- Werdelin, L., Yamaguchi, N., Johnson, W.E. & O'Brien, S.J. 2010. Phylogeny and evolution of cats (Felidae). Pp. 59–82. In Macdonald, D.W. & Loveridge, A.J. (eds) Biology and Conservation of Wild Felids. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-923445-5. ResearchGate Reference page.
- Christiansen, P. 2013. Phylogeny of the sabertoothed felids (Carnivora: Felidae: Machairodontinae). Cladistics 29(5): 543–559. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12008
Reference page.
- Li, Y. 2014. Restudy of Metailurus major from Yushe Basin, Shanxi Province reported by Teilhard de Chardin and Leroy [对德日进和罗学宾所研究的山西榆社大后猫化石的再研究]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 52(4): 467–485. ResearchGate Reference page.
- Spassov, N. & Geraads, D. 2015. A new felid from the Late Miocene of the Balkans and the contents of the genus Metailurus Zdansky, 1924 (Carnivora, Felidae). Journal of Mammalian Evolution 22(1): 45–56. DOI: 10.1007/s10914-014-9266-5 ResearchGate Reference page.
Links
- Metailurus – Taxon details on Fossilworks.