Metailurus

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: †Metailurus
Species: †M. hengduanshanensis – †M. major – †M. mongoliensis – †M. obscurus – †M. ultimus
Species incerti generis: †M. kansensis [=†Adelphailurus kansensis] – †M. minor [=†Yoshi minor] – †M. teilhardi [=†Stenailurus teilhardi]
Species inquirendae: †M. boodon – †M. parvulus

Metailurus Zdansky, 1924

Type species: Metailurus major Zdansky, 1924

Zdansky, O. 1924. Jungtertiäre Carnivoren Chinas. Palaeontologia Sinica, Series C 2(1): 1–149. Reference page.

Andersson, K. & Werdelin, L. 2005. Carnivora from the late Miocene of Lantian, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 43: 256–271. PDF 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.
Christiansen, P. 2013. Phylogeny of the sabertoothed felids (Carnivora: Felidae: Machairodontinae). Cladistics 29(5): 543–559. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12008 Reference page.
Li, Y. 2014. Restudy of Metailurus major from Yushe Basin, Shanxi Province reported by Teilhard de Chardin and Leroy [对德日进和罗学宾所研究的山西榆社大后猫化石的再研究]. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 52(4): 467–485. ResearchGate Reference page.
Spassov, N. & Geraads, D. 2015. A new felid from the Late Miocene of the Balkans and the contents of the genus Metailurus Zdansky, 1924 (Carnivora, Felidae). Journal of Mammalian Evolution 22(1): 45–56. DOI: 10.1007/s10914-014-9266-5 ResearchGate Reference page.