Prosansanosmilus peregrinus
| Prosansanosmilus peregrinus Temporal range: Miocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Superorder: | Carnivoramorpha |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | †Barbourofelidae |
| Genus: | †Prosansanosmilus |
| Species: | P. peregrinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Prosansanosmilus peregrinus Heizmann et al., 1980 | |
Prosansanosmilus peregrinus belongs to the genus Prosansanosmilus in the extinct family Barbourofelidae. It died out in the Miocene epoch.
Distribution
P. peregrinus lived in MN4 of France and Germany.[1] Two fossils of P. peregrinus have been found in France and another two have been found in Germany. P. peregrinus was a ground-dwelling creature.[2]
Diet
P. peregrinus was either a carnivore or an omnivore.
Time range
P. peregrinus is thought to have lived between 16.9–16 Mya. New evidence suggests that P. peregrinus lived 20–16 Mya. German scientists excavated a fossil of P. peregrinus dating 20 Mya. Other scientists think that P.Peregrinus lived between 16.9–15.7 Mya.
Taxonomy
Prosansanosmilus peregrinus was closely related to its sister taxon, Prosansanosilus eggeri. The scientists Wyss and Flynn classified Prosansanosmilus peregrinus in the superorder Carnivoramorpha in 1993. Some scientists also think that Prosansanosmilus peregrinus was in the family Nimravidae. However, this was proved wrong. Linnaeus classified Prosansanosmilus Peregrinus in the clade Ferae. Many scientists also agree that Prosansanosmilus peregrinus belonged to the Infraorder Feloidea. As a result, Prosansanosmilus peregrinus was closely related to the family Felidae and the family Nimravidae.
References
- ↑ Michael Morlo, Stéphane Peigné & Doris Nagel (2004). "A new species of Prosansanosmilus: implications for the systematic relationships of the family Barbourofelidae new rank (Carnivora, Mammalia)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 140 (1): 43–61. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00087.x.
- ↑ E. P. J. Heizmann, L. Ginsburg & C. Bulot (1980). "Prosansanosmilus peregrinus, ein neuer machairodontider Felide aus dem Miocän Deutschlands und Frankreichs". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. B 58: 1–27.