Dinofelis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Feliformia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Cladus: Ferungulata Cladus: Ferae Cladus: Pancarnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia

Familia: Felidae
Subfamilia: †Machairodontinae
Tribus: †Metailurini
Genus: †Dinofelis
Species: †D. aronoki – †D. barlowi – †D. cristata – †D. darti – †D. diastemata – †D. palaeoonca – †D. petteri – †D. piveteaui

Name

Dinofelis Zdansky, 1924

Type species: Dinofelis abeli Zdansky, 1924 [=Dinofelis cristata]

Synonymy

• Therailurus Piveteau, 1948

References

Primary references

• Zdansky, O. 1924. Jungtertiäre Carnivoren Chinas. Palaeontologia Sinica, Series C 2(1): 1–149. Reference page. 
• Piveteau, J. 1948. Un félidé du Pliocène du Roussillon. Annales de Paléontologie 34: 99–124. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Werdelin, L. & Lewis, M.E. 2001. A revision of the genus Dinofelis (Mammalia, Felidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 132(2): 147–258. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2001.tb02465.x Reference page. 
• Werdelin, L., Yamaguchi, N., Johnson, W.E. & O'Brien, S.J. 2010. Phylogeny and evolution of cats (Felidae). Pp. 59–82. In Macdonald, D.W. & Loveridge, A.J. (eds) Biology and Conservation of Wild Felids. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-923445-5. ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Dinofelis – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

Vernacular names

English: False sabertooth cat, Terrible cat
中ちゅう文ぶん: 恐おそれ貓