Barbourofelis piveteaui

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: †Nimravidae
Subfamilia: †Barbourofelinae
Genus: †Barbourofelis
Species: †Barbourofelis piveteaui

Name

Barbourofelis piveteaui (Ozansoy, 1965)

Holotype: MNHN TRQ 1016 & 1017

Type locality: "Middle Sinap Formation, Kazan District, Ankara, Turkey" [Geraads & Güleç, 1997: 370]

Synonymy

• Megantereon piveteaui Ozansoy, 1965: 41 [​protonym​]
• ?Barbourofelis piveteaui Schultz, Schultz & Martin, 1970: 16
• Barbourofelis piveteaui Geraads & Güleç, 1997: 370

References

Primary references

• Ozansoy, F. 1965. Etude des gisements continentaux et des mammifères du Cénozoïque de Turquie. Mémoires de la Sociéte geologique de France, N.S. 44: 1–92. 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. 
• Geraads, D. & Güleç, E. 1987. Relationships of Barbourofelis piveteaui (Ozansoy, 1965), a Late Miocene Nimravid (Carnivora, Mammalia) from Central Turkey. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(2): 370–375. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1997.10010981 JSTOR ResearchGate Reference page.