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Feliformia

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	72064	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=72064

Rank

suborder (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Feliformia

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

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Feliformia	suborder	belongs to Carnivora	stated without evidence	Tedford, 1976
Feliformia	suborder	belongs to Carnivora	stated with evidence	Flynn and Galiano, 1982
Feliformia	suborder	belongs to Carnivora	stated without evidence	Morlo, 1996
Feliformia	suborder	belongs to Carnivora	stated with evidence	Polly et al., 2006
Feliformia	suborder	belongs to Carnivora	stated without evidence	Morlo et al., 2007
Feliformia	suborder	belongs to Carnivora	stated with evidence	Tomiya, 2011
Feliformia	suborder	belongs to Carnivora	stated without evidence	Antón et al., 2013

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

576

Extant Size (PBDB)

259 (45%)

First Recorded Appearance

63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

carnivore, omnivore (based on Carnivora)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. H. Tedford. 1976. Relationship of pinnipeds to other carnivores (Mammalia). Systematic Zoology 25(4):363-374

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Aeluroida infraorder	listed (PBDB)		55	63.3 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Didymictida ✝ infraorder	listed (PBDB)
Aeluroidea superfamily	listed (PBDB)		2,851	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Feloidea superfamily	listed (PBDB)		10	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Nandiniidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Nimravidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	False Sabre-tooth	157	48.6 Ma Eocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Alagtsavbaatar ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Asiavorator ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	37.2 Ma Eocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Prionodon genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Banded Linsang			0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1945	Feliformia Kretzoi
1976	Feliformia Tedford p. 372
1982	Feliformia Flynn and Galiano p. 16
1991	Feliformia Bryant p. 60
1996	Feliformia Morlo p. 205
2006	Feliformia Polly et al. p. 1023
2007	Feliformia Morlo et al. p. 151
2011	Feliformia Tomiya p. 16
2013	Feliformia Antón et al. p. 1206

References

Tedford R. H. (1976) Relationship of pinnipeds to other carnivores (Mammalia), Systematic Zoology 25 4, 363-374

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

Bryant H. N. (1991) Phylogenetic relationships and systematics of the Nimravidae (Carnivora), Journal of Mammalogy 72 1, 56-78

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

Polly P. D., Wesley-Hunt G. D., et al (2006) Earliest known carnivoran auditory bulla and support for a recent origin of crown-group Carnivora (Eutheria, Mammalia), Palaeontology 49 5, 1019-1027

Morlo M., Miller E. R., et al (2007) Creodonta and Carnivora from Wadi Moghra, Egypt, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 1, 145-159

Tomiya S. (2011) A new basal caniform (Mammalia: Carnivora) from the middle Eocene of North America and remarks on the phylogeny of early carnivorans, PLoS ONE 6 9, e24146 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024146

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

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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