Dinofelis

Dinofelis
Temporal range: Pliocene-Pleistocene
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Restoration of D. barlowi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: †Machairodontinae
Tribe: †Metailurini
Genus: †Dinofelis
Zdansky, 1924
Type species
Dinofelis cristata
(Falconer & Cautley, 1836)
Other species
  • †Dinofelis aronoki Werdelin & Lewis, 2001
  • †Dinofelis barlowi (Broom, 1937)
  • †Dinofelis darti (Toerien, 1955)
  • †Dinofelis diastemata (Astre, 1929)
  • †Dinofelis paleoonca (Meade, 1945)
  • †Dinofelis petteri Werdelin & Lewis, 2001
  • †Dinofelis piveteaui (Ewer, 1955)
  • †Dinofelis werdelini Jiangzuo et al., 2023
Synonyms

Dinofelis

  • Therailurus

D. cristata

  • Felis cristata Falconer & Cautley, 1836
  • Felis grandicristata Bose, 1880
  • Uncia cristata Cope, 1880
  • Uncia grandicristata Cope, 1880
  • Dinofelis abeli Zdansky, 1924

D. diastemata

  • Felis diastemata Astre, 1929
  • Therailurus diastemata Piveteau, 1948

Dinofelis is an extinct genus of machairodontine (sabre-toothed cat), usually classified in the tribe Metailurini. It was widespread in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America from 5 million to about 1.2 million years ago (early Pliocene to early Pleistocene). Fossils very similar to Dinofelis from Lothagam range back to around 8 million years ago, in the Late Miocene.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Werdelin, Lars & Lewis, Margaret E. (2001), "A revision of the genus Dinofelis (Mammalia, Felidae)", Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 132 (2): 147–258, doi:10.1006/zjls.2000.0260
  2. ^ Anton, Mauricio (2013). Sabertooth.
  3. ^ Madurell-Malapeira, Joan; Rodríguez-Hidalgo, Antonio; Aouraghe, Hassan; Haddoumi, Hamid; Lucenti, Saverio Bartolini; Oujaa, Aïcha; Saladié, Palmira; Bengamra, Said; Marín, Juan; Souhir, Mohamed; Farkouch, Mourad; Mhamdi, Hicham; Aissa, Al Mahdi; Werdelin, Lars; Chacón, M. Gema; Sala-Ramos, Robert (2021). "First small-sized Dinofelis: Evidence from the Plio-Pleistocene of North Africa". Quaternary Science Reviews. 265. Bibcode:2021QSRv..26507028M. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107028. S2CID 237702164.