Paramachaerodus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Feloidea

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: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida 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 Infraordo: Aeluroidea Superfamilia: Feloidea

Familia: Felidae
Subfamilia: †Machairodontinae
Genus: †Paramachaerodus
Species (4): †P. maximiliani – †P. yingliangi – †P. orientalis – †P. transasiaticus

Name

• †Paramachaerodus Pilgrim, 1913: 291

Type species: †Machairodus orientalis Kittl, 1887, by subsequent designation by Pilgrim (1931).

Synonyms

• †Paramachairodus Zdansky, 1924: 130 [Incorrect subsequent spelling]

• †Pontosmilus Kretzoi, 1929: 1298

Type species: †Machairodus orientalis Kittl, 1887, by original designation.

• †Protamphimachairodus Kretzoi, 1929: 1316

Type species: †Machairodus maximiliani Zdansky, 1924, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Pilgrim, G.E. 1913. The Correlation of the Siwaliks with Mammal Horizons of Europe. Records of the Geological Survey of India 43: 264–326.
• Pilgrim, G.E. 1931. Catalogue of the Pontian Carnivore of Europe in the departament of geology. British Museum (Natural History): London. 164 pp.
• Kretzoi, M. 1929. Materialien zur phylogenetischen Klassifikation der Aeluroïdeen. X Congres International de Zoologie, Budapest 1927, 2: 1293–1355.

Additional references

• Salesa, M.J., Antón, M., Turner, A., Alcalá, L., Montoya, P. & Morales, J. 2010. Systematic revision of the Late Miocene sabretoothed felid Paramachaerodus in Spain. Palaeontology 53(6): 1369–1391. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.01013.x Reference page. 
• Li, Y. & Spassov, N. 2017. A new species of Paramachaerodus (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae) from the late Miocene of China and Bulgaria, and revision of Promegantereon Kretzoi, 1938 and Paramachaerodus Pilgrim, 1913. PalZ 91(3): 409–426. DOI: 10.1007/s12542-017-0371-7 Reference page.