Barbourofelis whitfordi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Feloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pan-Carnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia Infraordo: Aeluroidea Superfamilia: Feloidea

Familia: †Barbourofelidae
Genus: †Barbourofelis
Species: †Barbourofelis whitfordi

Name

Barbourofelis whitfordi (Barbour & Cook, 1915): 236

Holotype: UNSM 25546

Type locality: "Brown County ... Nebraska"; U.S.A.

Eponymy: A.C. Whitford [Barbour & Cook, 1915: 236]

Synonymy

• Eusmilus whitfordi Barbour & Cook, 1915: 236 [​protonym​]
• Ischyrosmilus osborni Merriam, 1919: 545 [syn. Baskin, 1981: 131]
• Barbourofelis osborni Schultz et al., 1970: 16
• Barbourofelis? whitfordi Schultz et al., 1970: 17
• "Megantereon" whitfordi Gregory, 1942: 354
• "Megantereon" osborni Gregory, 1942: 358
• Albanosmilus? osborni Kitts, 1957: 14
• Albanosmilus? whitfordi Kitts, 1957: 14
• Sansanosmilus? osborni Mawby 1965: 576
• Sansanosmilus? whitfordi Mawby 1965: 576

References

Primary references

• Barbour, E.H. & Cook, H.J. 1915. A new saber-toothed cat from Nebraska. Nebraska Geological Survey 4(17): 235–238. PDF Reference page. 
• Merriam, J.C. 1919. Tertiary mammalian faunas of the Mohave Desert. University of California Publications. Bulletin of the Department of Geology 11(5): 437–585. BHL Reference page. 
• Schultz, C.B., Schultz, M.R. & Martin, L.D. 1970. A New Tribe of Saber-Toothed Cats (Barbourofelini) from the Pliocene of North America. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 9: 1–31. PDF Reference page. 
• Baskin, J.A. 1981. Barbourofelis (Nimravidae) and Nimravides (Felidae), with a description of two new species from the Late Miocene of Florida. Journal of Mammalogy 62(1): 122–139. DOI: 10.2307/1380483 JSTOR Reference page.