Ginsburgsmilus
| Ginsburgsmilus Temporal range: Miocene | |
|---|---|
| Fossil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | †Barbourofelidae |
| Genus: | †Ginsburgsmilus (J. Morales et al., 2001)[1] |
| Species | |
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†Ginsburgsmilus napakensis | |
Ginsburgsmilus is an extinct genus of carnivorous mammal of the family Barbourofelidae (false saber-tooth cats) that was endemic to Africa during the early Miocene. There is only one known specimen of Ginsburgsmilus napakensis,[2] dated to 20-19 mya.
Taxonomy
Ginsburgsmilus was named by Morales et al. (2001).[1] It was assigned to Barbourofelidae by Morlo et al. (2004) and Morlo (2006).[3]
In 2001, a team led by Jorge Morales described Ginsburgsmilus[1] as a new genus in the family Barbourofelidae; the fossil material had been previously identified as Afrosmilus turkanae.
References
- 1 2 3 Morales, J.; Salesa, M. J.; Pickford, M.; Soria, D. (2001). "A new tribe, new genus and two new species of Barbourofelinae (Felidae, Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of East Africa and Spain". Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 92 (01): 97–102. doi:10.1017/S0263593300000067.
- ↑ PaleoBiology Database: Ginsburgsmilus, basic info
- ↑ Morlo, Michael; Stéphane Peigné; Doris Nagel (2004). "A new species of Prosansanosmilus: implications for the systematic relationships of the family Barbourofelidae new rank (Carnivora, Mammalia)" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 140 (1): 52. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00087.x. Retrieved 2008-11-28.
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