Leptofelis

Leptofelis vallesiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Feliformia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata 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: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Ferae Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia

Familia: Felidae
Subfamilia: Felinae
Genus: †Leptofelis
Species: †L. vallesiensis

Name

Leptofelis Salesa, Siliceo, Antón, Peigné & Morales, 2017

Etymology: "from the Greek λεπτός (leptós), meaning 'slender', and from the Latin felis, cat" [Sales et al., 2017]

References

Primary references

• Salesa, M.J., Siliceo, G., Antón, M., Peigné, S. & Morales, J. 2017. Functional and Systematic Implications of the Postcranial Anatomy of a Late Miocene Feline (Carnivora, Felidae) from Batallones-1 (Madrid, Spain). Journal of Mammalian Evolution 26: 101–131. DOI: 10.1007/s10914-017-9414-9 hdl: 10261/225344 Reference page.