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Nimravidae (false sabre-tooth)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Machaerodus insignis Filhol
1880Nimravidae Cope
1889Nimravidae Cope p. 876
1979Eusmilus insignis Sigé et al.
1982Nimravidae Flynn and Galiano p. 50
1988Nimravidae Carroll
1991Nimravidae Bryant p. 68
2005Nimravidae Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin p. 842
2010Nimravidae Tseng et al.
2011Nimravidae Tomiya p. 17
2019Nimravidae de Bonis et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
Batrachosauria()
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
suborderEupelycosauria
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Epicynodontia
infraorderEucynodontia
RankNameAuthor
Probainognathia
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes(Rowe 1988)
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivoraBowditch 1821
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
familyNimravidaeCope 1880
familyNimravidaeCope 1880

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Nimravidae Cope 1880 [false sabre-tooth]
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G. †Aelurogale Filhol 1872
G. †Archaelurus Cope 1879
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Archaelurus debilis Cope 1879
G. †Maofelis Averianov et al. 2016
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Maofelis cantonensis Averianov et al. 2016
Subfm. †Nimravinae Trouessart 1885
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G. †Dinaelurus Eaton 1922
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Dinaelurus crassus Eaton 1922
G. †Dinailurictis Helbing 1922
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Dinailurictis bonali Helbing 1922
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Invalid names: Ailurictis helbingi Kretzoi 1929 [synonym]
G. †Dinictis Leidy 1854
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Dinictis cyclops Cope 1879
Dinictis felina Leidy 1854
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Invalid names: Dinictis bombifrons Adams 1895 [synonym], Dinictis fortis Adams 1895 [synonym], Dinictis paucidens Riggs 1896 [synonym]
Dinictis squalidens Cope 1873
Invalid names: Daptophilus Cope 1873 [synonym]
G. †Eofelis Kretzoi 1938
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Eofelis edwardsii Filhol 1872
Eofelis giganteus Peigné 2000
G. †Eusmilus Gervais 1876
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Eusmilus bidentatus Filhol 1872
Eusmilus sicarius Sinclair and Jepsen 1927
Eusmilus villebramarensis Peigné and Brunet 2001
Invalid names: Ekgmoiteptecela Macdonald 1963 [synonym]
Tr. †Hoplophoneini Kretzoi 1929
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G. †Hoplophoneus Cope 1874
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Invalid names: Ekgmoiteptecela olsontau Macdonald 1963 [synonym], Hoplophoneus belli Stock 1933 [synonym]
Hoplophoneus crassidens Cragin 1892
Hoplophoneus dakotensis Hatcher 1895
Hoplophoneus insolens Adams 1896
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Invalid names: Dinotomius atrox Williston 1895 [synonym]
Hoplophoneus oharrai Jepsen 1926
Hoplophoneus primaevus Leidy and Owen 1851
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Invalid names: Hoplophoneus latidens Thorpe 1920 [synonym], Hoplophoneus marshi Thorpe 1920 [synonym], Hoplophoneus mentalis Sinclair 1921 [synonym], Hoplophoneus molossus Thorpe 1920 [synonym]
Hoplophoneus robustus Adams 1896
Invalid names: Dinotomius Williston 1895 [synonym]
G. †Nanosmilus Martin 1992
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Nanosmilus kurteni Martin 1992
G. †Nimravus Cope 1879
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Nimravus brachyops Cope 1878
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Invalid names: Dinictis major Lucas 1898 [synonym], Nimravus altidens Macdonald 1950 [synonym], Nimravus bumpensis Scott and Jepsen 1936 [synonym], Nimravus confertus Cope 1880 [synonym], Nimravus gomphodus Cope 1880 [synonym], Nimravus meridianus Stock 1933 [synonym]
Nimravus intermedius Filhol 1872
Nimravus mongoliensis Gromova 1959
Nimravus sectator Matthew 1907
Invalid names: Nimravinus Kretzoi 1945 [synonym]
G. †Pogonodon Cope 1880
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Pogonodon cismontanus Thorpe 1920
Pogonodon davisi Merriam 1906
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Invalid names: Pogonodon eileenae Macdonald 1970 [synonym], Pogonodon serrulidens Eaton 1922 [synonym]
Pogonodon platycopis Cope 1879
G. †Quercylurus Ginsburg 1979
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Quercylurus major Ginsburg 1979
Invalid names: Hoplophoneinae [synonym]
Invalid names: Eusmilus insignis Filhol 1876 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available