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Taxonomy
Leptailurus was named by Severtzov (1858). It is extant.
It was assigned to Felidae by Werdelin and Peigne (2010); and to Felinae by Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser (2017).
It was assigned to Felidae by Werdelin and Peigne (2010); and to Felinae by Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1858 | Leptailurus Severtzov p. 389 |
| 2010 | Leptailurus Werdelin and Peigne p. 651 |
| 2017 | Leptailurus Breitenmoser and Breitenmoser p. 58 |
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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. Leptailurus Severtzov 1858
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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, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Zanclean - Piacenzian | Kenya | L. sp. (22239) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa | L. spelaeus (22340) |