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Felis domesticus

Austria

Felis domesticus

San Juan Basin, San Juan County, New Mexico, USA

Felis domesticus

Austria

Felis domesticus

San Juan Basin, San Juan County, New Mexico, USA

Felis domesticus

Austria

Felis domesticus

San Juan Basin, San Juan County, New Mexico, USA

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	41045	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41045

Rank

family (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Laurasiatheria	Waddell et al. 1999
-	Scrotifera	Waddell et al. 1999
-	Ferae	Linnaeus 1758
-	Carnivoramorpha	Wyss and Flynn 1993
-	Carnivoraformes	Flynn et al.
order	Carnivora	Bowditch 1821
suborder	Feliformia	Kretzoi 1945
superfamily	Aeluroidea	Flower 1869
family	Felidae	Gray 1821

Common Name

cat

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Felidae	family	belongs to Digitigradae	stated without evidence	Gray, 1821
Felidae	family	belongs to Ferae	stated without evidence	Gray, 1825
Felidae	family	belongs to Ferae	stated without evidence	Bonaparte, 1850
Felidae	family	belongs to Carnivora	stated with evidence	Leidy, 1873
Felidae	family	belongs to Aeluroidea	stated with evidence	Mivart, 1882
Felidae	family	belongs to Aeluroidea	stated without evidence	Flower, 1883
Felidae	family	belongs to Fissipedia	stated without evidence	Cope, 1889
Felidae	family	belongs to Aeluroidea	stated without evidence	Hay, 1902
Felidae	family	belongs to Fissipedia	stated without evidence	Lambe, 1908
Felidae	family	belongs to Feloidea	stated without evidence	Savage, 1965
Felidae	family	belongs to Carnivora	stated without evidence	Kurten, 1968
Felidae	family	belongs to Fissipedia	stated without evidence	Kurten and Anderson, 1980
Felidae	family	belongs to Feloidea	stated with evidence	Flynn and Galiano, 1982
Felidae	family	belongs to Aeluroidea	implied	Carroll, 1988
Felidae	family	belongs to Aeluroidea	stated with evidence	Hunt, 1989
Felidae	family	belongs to Carnivora	implied	Nowak, 1991
Felidae	family	belongs to Feliformia	stated without evidence	Morlo, 1996
Felidae	family	belongs to Aeluroidea	stated with evidence	Hunt, 1998
Felidae	family	belongs to Carnivora	stated without evidence	Sach and Heizmann, 2001
Felidae	family	belongs to Feliformia	stated without evidence	Antón et al., 2013

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

232

Extant Size (PBDB)

85 (37%)

First Recorded Appearance

33.3 - 30.8 Ma
Oligocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Felidae)

Ecospace Comments

life habit and diet based on Nowak 1999; see also Van Valkenburgh 1988

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Felinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		905	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Machairodontinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		528	28.4 Ma Oligocene	0.01 Ma Pleistocene
Pantherinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		3	7.25 Ma Miocene	7.25 Ma Miocene
Aeluropsis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Catolynx genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Cynaelurus genus	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Diamantofelis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Dinofelis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		49	23.0 Ma Miocene	1.81 Ma Pleistocene
Drepanodon ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Epimachairodus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	8.70 Ma Miocene	8.70 Ma Miocene
Katifelis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Lokotunjailurus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Mellivorodon ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Miracinonyx ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)	American Cheetah	32	4.90 Ma Pliocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Namafelis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Plethaelurus genus	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Propontosmilus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pseudaelurus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		97	23.0 Ma Miocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Sivaelurus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Sivafelis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Sivasmilus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Uncia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		27	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0.01 Ma Pleistocene
Vinayakia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Viretailurus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Vishnufelis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	13.7 Ma Miocene	13.7 Ma Miocene
Yoshi ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		1	8.70 Ma Miocene	8.70 Ma Miocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1821	Felidae Gray p. 302
1825	Felidae Gray p. 339
1850	Felidae Bonaparte p. 1
1873	Felidae Leidy p. 315
1875	Felidae Cope p. 5–7
1882	Felidae Mivart p. 140
1883	Felidae Flower p. 186
1889	Felidae Cope p. 876
1891	Felidae Flower and Lydekker p. 91
1902	Felidae Hay p. 777
1908	Felidae Lambe

Year	Name and Author
1965	Felidae Savage p. 302
1968	Felidae Kurten p. 72
1980	Felidae Kurten and Anderson p. 185
1982	Felidae Flynn and Galiano p. 47
1988	Felidae Carroll
1989	Felidae Hunt, Jr. p. 28
1991	Felidae Nowak
1996	Felidae Morlo p. 205
1998	Felidae Hunt, Jr. p. 62
2001	Felidae Sach and Heizmann p. 28
2013	Felidae Antón et al. p. 1206

References

Gray J. E. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals, The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15, 296-310

Gray J. E. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a list of genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe, Annals of Philosophy, new series 10, 337-344

Bonaparte C.-L. , Conspectus Systematis Mastozoologiae. Editio Altera Reformata [Survey of the system of mammals. Second revised edition]. E. J. Brill, Leyden, 1

Leidy J. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories, Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1, 1-358

Cope E. D. , Systematic Catalogue of Vertebrata of the Eocene of New Mexico, Collected in 1874. Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Engineer Department, U. S. Army, 5-37

Mivart St. G. On the Classification and Distribution of the Aeluroidea, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882, 135-208

Flower W. H. On the arrangement of the Orders and Families of existing Mammalia, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883, 178-186

Cope E. D. Synopsis of the families of Vertebrata, The American Naturalist 23, 1-29

Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868

Lambe L. M. (1908) The Vertebrata of the Oligocene of the Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan, Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 3 4, 1-65 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.61444

Savage R. J. G. (1965) Fossil Mammals of Africa: 19 The Miocene Carnivora of East Africa, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 10 8, 241-316

Kurten B. (1968) Pleistocene Mammals of Europe, 1-317

Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442

Flynn J. J., Galiano H. (1982) Phylogeny of early Tertiary Carnivora, with a description of a new species of Protictis from the middle Eocene of northwestern Wyoming, American Museum Novitates 2725, 1-64

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Hunt, Jr. R. M. (1989) Evolution of the aeluroid Carnivora: significance of the ventral promontorial process of the petrosal, and the origin of basicranial patterns in the living families, American Museum Novitates 2930, 1-32

Nowak R. M. (1991) Walker's Mammals of the World, Maryland, Johns Hopkins University Press (edited volume) II

Morlo M. (1996) Carnivoren aus dem Unter-Miozän des Mainzer Beckens, Senckenbergiana Lethaea 76 1/2, 193-249

Hunt, Jr. R. M. (1998) Evolution of the aeluroid Carnivora: diversity of the earliest aeluroids from Eurasia (Quercy, Hsanda-Gol) and the origin of felids, American Museum Novitates 3252, 1-65

Sach V. J., Heizmann E. P. J. (2001) Stratigraphy and mammal faunas of the Brackwassermolasse in the surroundings of Ulm (Southwest Germany), Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 310, 1-95

Antón M., Salesa M. J., et al (2013) Machairodont adaptations and affinities of the Holarctic Late Miocene homotherin Machairodus (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae): the case of Machairodus catocopis Cope, 1887, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 5, 1202-1213

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