Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Alternative combinations: Felis (Pseudaelurus) intrepidus, Hyperailurictis intrepidus
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1858. Notice of Remains of Extinct Vertebrata, from the Valley of the Niobrara River, Collected during the Exploring Expedition of 1857, in Nebraska, under the Command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Eng., by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Geologist to the Expedition. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10:15-89
Belongs to Pseudaelurus according to E. D. Cope 1880
See also Hay 1902, Leidy 1858, Rothwell 2003, Rothwell 2004, Scott and Osborn 1890 and Werdelin et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Pseudaelurus aeluroides, Pseudaelurus africanus, Pseudaelurus cuspidatus, Pseudaelurus edwardsi, Pseudaelurus guangheensis, Pseudaelurus marshi, Pseudaelurus quadridentatus, Pseudaelurus romieviensis, Pseudaelurus skinneri, Pseudaelurus stouti, Pseudaelurus validus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Niobrara River (coll. Hayden 1857), which is in a Barstovian/Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Loup Fork Formation of Nebraska.
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of Mexico (4 collections)
• Miocene of United States (10: California, Nebraska, Nevada, Wyoming)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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