| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Nimravidae : Dinictis : Dinictis felina |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Nimravidae : Dinictis : Dinictis felina |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
(PBDB,GBIF) | |
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| Generic Name | Dinictis |
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| Scientific Name | Dinictis felina Leidy, 1854 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Dinictis felina | species | belongs to Dinictis | stated without evidence | Leidy, 1854 | | Dinictis felina | species | belongs to Dinictis | stated with evidence | Cope, 1880 | | Dinictis felina | species | belongs to Deinictis | stated without evidence | Hay, 1902 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 33.3 - 30.8 Ma
Oligocene |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Eutheria) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Dinictis) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. |
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| Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals |
| Leidy J. Notices of several genera of extinct Mammalia, previously less perfectly characterized, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8, 91-95 |
| Cope E. D. On the extinct cats of America, The American Naturalist 14 12, 833-858 |
| 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 |
Dinictis felina ✝
