Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Alternative combinations: Ischyrosmilus gracilis, Machaerodus gracilis, Machairodus gracilis, Megantereon gracilis, Smilodontopsis gracilis
Synonyms: Machaerodus mercerii Cope 1895, Machairodus mercerii Cope 1895, Smilodon mercerii Cope 1895, Smilodontopsis mercerii Cope 1895, Uncia mercerii Cope 1895
Belongs to Smilodon according to A. Berta and H. Galiano 1983
See also Berta 1985, Berta 1987, Cope 1895, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Kurtén and Werdelin 1990, Martin 1980, Martin et al. 1988, Morgan and Hulbert 1995, Morgan and Ridgway 1987 and Webb 1974
Sister taxa: Smilodon crucians, Smilodon fatalis, Smilodon populator, Smilodon riggii
Type specimens:
- Smilodon gracilis: Its type locality is Port Kennedy Cave, which is in an Irvingtonian cave horizon in Pennsylvania
- Uncia mercerii: Its type locality is Port Kennedy Cave, which is in an Irvingtonian cave horizon in Pennsylvania.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (19: California, Florida, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, West Virginia)
• Blancan of United States (3: Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Venezuela (1)
Total: 24 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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