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Homotherium latidens (scimitar toothed cat)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Taxonomy
Machairodus latidens was named by Owen (1846).

It was recombined as Homotherium (Dinobastis) latidens by Kurten (1968); it was recombined as Homotherium latidens by Ficarelli (1979).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Machairodus latidens Owen pp. 179-183 figs. 69-70
1867Machairodus latidens Owen
1869Machairodus latidens Gervais p. 79
1893Dinobastis serus Cope p. 897
1902Dinobastis serus Hay p. 781
1966Homotherium serum Churcher
1968Homotherium (Dinobastis) latidens Kurten p. 76
1969Homotherium serum Dalquest
1970Homotherium serum Schultz et al.
1979Homotherium latidens Ficarelli
1980Homotherium serum Kurten and Anderson p. 190
1983Homotherium serum Rawn-Schatzinger p. 49
1988Homotherium serum Dalquest and Carpenter
1988Dinobastis serus Martin et al.
2005Homotherium serum Dundas p. 7

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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
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
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
tribeMachairodontiniGill 1872
subtribeHomotheriina()
genusHomotheriumFabrini 1890
specieslatidens(Owen 1846)

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.

Homotherium latidens Owen 1846 [scimitar toothed cat]
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Invalid names: Homotherium serum Cope 1893 [synonym]
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, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 2.58800 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Spain (Granada) Homotherium latidens (77773)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Murcia) Homotherium latidens (34911)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Georgia Homotherium crenatidens (56733)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Granada) Homotherium latidens (34898)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France Machairodus latidens (49307)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Kozani) Homotherium sp. (34764)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy (Verona) Machairodus sp. (43658)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Spain (Castilla-Leon) Homotherium latidens (34920)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Oklahoma) Dinobastis serus (93557)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Dinobastis serus (20142)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Homotherium serum (20342 20530)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126France (Pas de Calais) Machairodus latidens (49087)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Canada (Yukon ) Homotherium latidens (189978)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Portugal (Aveiro) Homotherium latidens (189830)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Spain (La Rioja) Homotherium latidens (189976)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126France (Haute-Garonne) Machairodus latidens (49089)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117France (Poitou-Charentes) Dinobastis latidens (43617 43618)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Homotherium serum (20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Netherlands (Zeeland) Homotherium latidens (189980)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Dinobastis serus (79632) Homotherium serum (230753)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Montana) Homotherium serum (93182)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Canada (Yukon) Homotherium latidens (189979)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Dinobastis sp. (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Homotherium sp. (20273)