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Megantereon megantereon

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Megantereon megantereon was named by Croizet and Jobert (1828).

It was recombined as Drepanodon megantereon by Cope (1880); it was synonymized subjectively with Megantereon cultridens by Berta and Galiano (1983).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. gracile, M. gracile

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Megantereon megantereon Croizet and Jobert
1880Drepanodon megantereon Cope p. 854
1968Megantereon megantereon Kurten p. 73
2005Megantereon megantereon Liu p. 133

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyFeloideaHay 1930
familyFelidae
subfamilyMachairodontinaeGill 1872
tribeSmilodontiniKretzoi 1929
genusMegantereonCroizet and Jobert 1828
speciesmegantereonCroizet and Jobert 1828

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.

†Megantereon megantereon Croizet and Jobert 1828
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2009-01-04 16:22:03
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Villanyian to the top of the MN 17 or 3.20000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tajikistan Megantereon megantereon (34444)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alps) Megantereon megantereon (44231)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Romania Megantereon megantereon (39846)
MN 163.2 - 2.588France Megantereon megantereon (47100)
Villanyian - Pleistocene3.2 - 0.0117Greece (Macedonia) Megantereon megantereon (34593)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France (Auvergne) Megantereon megantereon (47131 47624)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France (Rhone-Alpes) Megantereon megantereon (47150)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France (Auvergne Region) Megantereon megantereon (32105)
MN 172.588 - 1.806Spain (Teruel) Megantereon megantereon (36112)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Auvergne) Megantereon megantereon (42241)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Anhui) Megantereon sp. (68380)