Lokotunjailurus fanonei

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pancarnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia

Familia: Felidae
Subfamilia: †Machairodontinae
Genus: †Lokotunjailurus
Species: †Lokotunjailurus fanonei

Name

Lokotunjailurus fanonei de Bonis, Peigné, Mackaye, Likius, Vignaud & Brunet, 2010

Type locality: Chad, Toros Menalla, TM 265.

Holotype: TM 265-09-01

Etymology: "the late Gongdibe Fanone who worked several years with our team on the Chadian fossils" [de Bonis et al., 2010: 223]

References

Primary references

• de Bonis, L., Peigné, S., Mackaye, H.T., Likius, A., Vignaud, P. & Brunet, M. 2010. New sabre-toothed cats in the Late Miocene of Toros Menalla (Chad). Comptes Rendus Palevol 9(5): 221–227. DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2010.07.018 Reference page.