Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
OrdoTherapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Ferae
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]
Synonyms
Therailurus Piveteau, 1948
References
Primary references
Zdansky, O. 1924. Jungtertiäre Carnivoren Chinas. Palaeontologia Sinica Ser. 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 Open access 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
中文: 恐貓
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