Yoshi

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
Genus: †Yoshi
Species: †Y. garevskii – †Y. faie – †Y. minor – †Y. yongdengensis

Name

Yoshi Spassov & Geraads, 2015

Type species: Yoshi garevskii Spassov & Geraads, 2015: 46

Etymology

"Yoshi is the name of the favorite cat of one of us (N.S.)" Spassov & Geraads, 2015: 46

References

Primary references

• Spassov, N. & Geraads, D. 2015. A new felid from the Late Miocene of the Balkans and the contents of the genus Metailurus Zdansky, 1924 (Carnivora, Felidae). Journal of Mammalian Evolution 22(1): 45–56. DOI: 10.1007/s10914-014-9266-5 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Jiangzuo, Q.; Niu, K.; Li, S.; Fu, J.; Wang, S. (2022). "A Diverse Metailurine Guild from the Latest Miocene Xingjiawan Fauna, Yongdeng, Northwestern China, and Generic Differentiation of Metailurine Felids". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. doi:10.1007/s10914-022-09622-8

Links

• Yoshi – Taxon details on Fossilworks.