Quercylurus

Quercylurus Temporal range: Early Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	†Nimravidae
Subfamily:	†Nimravinae
Genus:	Quercylurus
Species:	Q. major
Binomial name
Quercylurus major Ginsburg 1979

Quercylurus major is an extinct nimravid carnivoran.

Q. major is a member of a family of "false sabre-tooths", Nimravidae. It was possibly the largest nimravid ever known, as its fossils suggest it was similar in size to the modern-day brown bear and was scansorial.^[1] It was very muscular, walked on plantigrade (flat-footed). So far, there is only one described species within this genus - Q. major.

Taxonomy

Quercylurus was named by Ginsburg (1979). It was assigned to Felidae by Carroll (1988),^[2] but later, it was then later placed within Nimravidae.

References

1. Jordi Agusti and Mauricio Anton: Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids 65 million years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe , Columbia University Press, 2002, pp.81-83
2. R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698.