Namafelis

Namafelis
Temporal range: Late Burdigalian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Genus: Namafelis
Morales et al., 2003
Type species
Namafelis minor
Morales et al., 1998

Namafelis is an extinct genus of felids that lived in what is now Namibia during the Early Miocene. It contains a single species, Namafelis minor.[1] Closely related to Diamantofelis,[2] it is of “Pseudaelurus-grade”,[3] and therefore a rather basal member of the cat family.

  1. ^ Morales, J.; Pickford, M.; Fraile, S.; Salesa, M. J.; Soria, D. (2003). "Creodonta and Carnivora from Arrisdrift, early Middle Miocene of southern Namibia". Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Namibia. 19: 177–194.
  2. ^ Werdelin, Lars (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520257214.
  3. ^ Werdelin, Lars (2012). "A new genus and species of Felidae (Mammalia) from Rusinga Island, Kenya, with notes on early Felidae of Africa". Estudios Geológicos.