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Barbourofelidae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	103996	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=103996

Rank

family (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Barbourofelidae

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
family	Barbourofelidae	(Schultz et al. 1970)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Barbourofelidae	subfamily	belongs to Nimravidae	stated with evidence	Bryant, 1991
Barbourofelidae	family	belongs to Carnivora	stated with evidence	Morlo et al., 2004
Barbourofelidae	subfamily	belongs to Felidae	stated without evidence	Morales et al., 2007
Barbourofelidae	subfamily	belongs to Nimravidae	stated without evidence	Slater and Van Valkenburgh, 2008

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

Last Recorded Appearance

10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene

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)

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Afrosmilini ✝ tribe	listed (PBDB)	4	23.0 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Albanosmilus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Barbourofelis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	22	13.6 Ma Miocene	10.3 Ma Miocene
Ginsburgsmilus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Prosansanosmilus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	8	20.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Sansanosmilus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	9	16.0 Ma Miocene	11.1 Ma Miocene
Syrtosmilus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Vampyrictis ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1970	Barbourofelinae Schultz et al.
1991	Barbourofelinae Bryant p. 71
2004	Barbourofelidae Morlo et al. p. 45
2007	Barbourofelinae Morales et al. p. 81
2008	Barbourofelinae Slater and Van Valkenburgh p. 407
2010	Barbourofelinae Tseng et al.

References

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

Morlo M., Peigné S., et al (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, 43-61

Morales J., Pickford M., et al (2007) New carnivoran material (Creodonta, Carnivora and Incertae sedis) from the Early Miocene of Napak, Uganda, Paleontological Research 11 1, 71-84 doi:10.2517/1342-8144(2007)11[71:NCMCCA]2.0.CO;2

Slater G. J., Van Valkenburgh B. (2008) Long in the tooth: evolution of sabertooth cat cranial shape, Paleobiology 34 3, 403-419 doi:dx.doi.org/10.1666/07061.1

Tseng Z. J., Takeuchi G. T., et al (2010) Discovery of the upper dentition of Barbourofelis whitfordi (Nimravidae, Carnivora) and an evaluation of the genus in California, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 1, 244-254 doi:10.1080/02724630903416001

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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