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Afrosmilus
Taxonomy
Afrosmilus was named by Kretzoi (1929).
It was assigned to Felidae by Carroll (1988), Anyonge (1991); to Afrosmilini by Morales et al. (2008); and to Barbourofelidae by Morlo et al. (2004), Morlo (2006), Werdelin and Peigne (2010).
It was assigned to Felidae by Carroll (1988), Anyonge (1991); to Afrosmilini by Morales et al. (2008); and to Barbourofelidae by Morlo et al. (2004), Morlo (2006), Werdelin and Peigne (2010).
Species
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1929 | Afrosmilus Kretzoi p. 1296 |
| 1988 | Afrosmilus Carroll |
| 1991 | Afrosmilus Anyonge p. 387 |
| 2004 | Afrosmilus Morlo et al. p. 45 |
| 2006 | Afrosmilus Morlo p. 340 |
| 2008 | Afrosmilus Morales et al. |
| 2010 | Afrosmilus Werdelin and Peigne p. 643 |
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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.
G. †Afrosmilus Kretzoi 1929
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†Afrosmilus africanus Andrews 1914
†Afrosmilus hispanicus Morales et al. 2001
†Afrosmilus turkanae Schmidt-Kittler 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Martin 1998 | |||||
Age range: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | Namibia (Karas) | A. africanus (168036 175698) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Namibia | A. africanus (70807) | |
| Burdigalian | Kenya | A. africanus (83629) |