Leptofelis vallesiensis

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 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: Felinae
Genus: †Leptofelis
Species: †Leptofelis vallesiensis

Name

Leptofelis vallesiensis (Salesa, Antón, Morales & Peigné, 2012)

Holotype: MNCN BAT-3’09 1576

Type locality: "Batallones-3 ... Madrid, Spain".

Synonymy

• Styriofelis vallesiensis Sales et al., 2012: 91 [​protonym​]
• Leptofelis vallesiensis Sales et al., 2017

Etymology: "reference to its presence in the Vallesian (Late Miocene)" [Sales et al., 2012: 91]

References

Primary references

• Salesa, M.J., Antón, M., Morales, J. & Peigné, S. 2012. Systematics and phylogeny of the small felines (Carnivora, Felidae) from the Late Miocene of Europe: a new species of Felinae from the Vallesian of Batallones (MN 10, Madrid, Spain). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(1): 87–102. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2011.566584 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• 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.