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Dinofelis
''Dinofelis'' is an extinct genus of machairodontine (sabre-toothed cat), usually classified in the tribe Metailurini. It was widespread in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America from 5 million to about 1.2 million years ago (early Pliocene to early Pleistocene). Fossils very similar to ''Dinofelis'' from Lothagam range back to around 8 million years ago, in the Late Miocene. Discovery and naming The genus ''Dinofelis'' was originally named by Otto Zdansky in 1924 for the species ''Dinofelis abeli''. Further fossil species were named, including ''Felis diastemata'' and ''Meganthereon barlowi'', which were later transferred to the genus ''Therailurus'', which was in turn later considered a junior synonym of ''Dinofelis''. A comprehensive review of the genus was published in 2001 by paleontologists Lars Werdelin and Margaret E. Lewis, including mentions of the then-unnamed Langebaanweg and Lothagam species, as well as naming a new species ''Dinofelis aronoki''; the species ep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saber-toothed Cat
Machairodontinae (from Ancient Greek μάχαιρα '' machaira,'' a type of Ancient Greek sword and ὀδόντος ''odontos'' meaning tooth) is an extinct subfamily of carnivoran mammals of the cat family Felidae, representing the earliest diverging major branch of the family. Machairodonts varied in size from comparable to lynxes to exceeding that of lions. The Machairodontinae contain many of the extinct predators commonly known as "saber-toothed cats", including those with greatly elongated upper maxillary canines, such as the famed genus ''Smilodon'' and '' Megantereon,'' though the degree of elongation was variable, and in some machairodontines like '' Dinofelis'' the length of the upper canines was much more modest. Sometimes, other carnivorous mammals with elongated teeth are also called saber-toothed cats, although they do not belong to the felids. Besides the machairodonts, other saber-toothed predators also arose in the nimravids, barbourofelids, machaeroidine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machairodontine
Machairodontinae (from Ancient Greek μάχαιρα ''machaira,'' a type of Ancient Greek sword and ὀδόντος ''odontos'' meaning tooth) is an extinct subfamily of carnivoran mammals of the cat family Felidae, representing the earliest diverging major branch of the family. Machairodonts varied in size from comparable to lynxes to exceeding that of lions. The Machairodontinae contain many of the extinct predators commonly known as "saber-toothed cats", including those with greatly elongated upper maxillary canines, such as the famed genus ''Smilodon'' and ''Megantereon,'' though the degree of elongation was variable, and in some machairodontines like ''Dinofelis'' the length of the upper canines was much more modest. Sometimes, other carnivorous mammals with elongated teeth are also called saber-toothed cats, although they do not belong to the felids. Besides the machairodonts, other saber-toothed predators also arose in the nimravids, barbourofelids, machaeroidines, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machairodontinae
Machairodontinae (from Ancient Greek μάχαιρα ''Makhaira, machaira,'' a type of Ancient Greek sword and ὀδόντος ''odontos'' meaning tooth) is an extinct subfamily of carnivoran mammals of the cat family Felidae, representing the earliest diverging major branch of the family. Machairodonts varied in size from comparable to lynxes to exceeding that of lions. The Machairodontinae contain many of the extinct predators commonly known as "saber-toothed cats", including those with greatly elongated upper Maxillary canine, maxillary canines, such as the famed genus ''Smilodon'' and ''Megantereon,'' though the degree of elongation was variable, and in some machairodontines like ''Dinofelis'' the length of the upper canines was much more modest. Sometimes, other carnivorous mammals with elongated teeth are also called saber-toothed cats, although they do not belong to the felids. Besides the machairodonts, other saber-toothed predators also arose in the Nimravidae, nimravid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metailurini
Metailurini is an extinct taxonomic tribe of large saber-toothed cats that lived in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America from the Miocene to the Pleistocene. The best known Metalurini genera are '' Dinofelis'' and '' Metailurus''. Metailurini had canines longer than ''Neofelis'', but smaller than true saber toothed cats. The teeth were also more conical than flat, so called "scimitar-toothed", having broad and mildly elongated upper canines. Like most extinct cats, the majority of species in Metailurini are known primarily from fragments. However, the systematic position and taxonomy of these creatures is now accepted as being true members of Felidae and descended from ''Proailurus'' and ''Pseudaelurus''. Within Felidae, they had been traditionally considered to belong in Machairodontinae, albeit some have in the past proposed a relationship to Pantherinae,Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende, Michael Morlo, Doris Nagel: ''Fossils explained 52 Majestic killers: the sabre-toothed cats. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Werdelin
Lars Werdelin (born 1955) is a Swedish paleontologist specializing in the evolution of mammalian carnivores. His areas of scientific interest include the evolutionary interaction of carnivores and hominins in Africa, as well as the evolution and phylogeny of carnivore clades such as the Machairodontinae, the lynxes and the Hyaenidae. He received his Ph.D. from Stockholm University in 1981. He is responsible for describing the Machairodontine genus '' Lokotunjailurus'' in 2003 and in 2023, the Machairodontine species '' Dinofelis werdelini'' was named in honour of him. The genus name of ''Werdelinus ''Werdelinus'' is an extinct genus of hyaenid containing a single known species. ''Werdelinus africanus'' is known by material from Toros-Menalla, Chad. It lived during the Late Miocene and the Pliocene. Dental wear of ''Werdelinus africanus'' i ...'', an extinct hyaenid described in 2010, was also dedicated to him and his contributions to carnivore paleontology. References Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stenailurus
''Stenailurus'' is an extinct genus of metailurin machairodontine (saber-toothed) cat from the Late Miocene (the Turolian, specifically) of Spain. It contains a single species, ''Stenailurus teilhardi ''. It was described based on a piece of maxilla in 1972. Discovery and naming The generic name ''Stenailurus'' honors Bl. Niels Steensen, considered the father of paleontology, combined with the Greek / meaning "cat". The specific name ''teilhardi'' honors paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Description ''Stenailurus'' shows basal features of machairodonts such as the presence of a P2 tooth. In 2014, a study describing the genus ''Yoshi Yoshi is a fictional dinosaur who appears in video games published by Nintendo. Yoshi debuted in '' Super Mario World'' (1990) on the SNES as Mario and Luigi's sidekick. Throughout the mainline '' Super Mario'' series, Yoshi typically serves ...'' compares the morphology of teeth from multiple metailurines. Among these, the measure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelphailurus
''Adelphailurus'' is an extinct genus of metailurin machairodontine (saber-toothed) cat that inhabited western North America during the middle Pliocene. It is monotypic, containing only the species ''Adelphailurus kansensis''. History of discovery The holotype and only specimen, KUMVP 3462, was collected by H. T. Martin from near the base of the Ogallala Formation in Sherman County, Kansas, in the summer of 1924. It was subsequently stored in the collections at the University of Kansas' Museum of Vertebrate Paleontology. However, it was not described until 1934 when paleontologist Claude W. Hibbard erected the new genus and species ''Adelphailurus kansensis'' for the specimen. The genus name is derived from the Greek / meaning "brother", and / meaning "cat". The specific epithet ''kansensis'' means "from Kansas". Description The holotype of ''Adelphailurus kansensis'' consists of the anterior portion of a skull with nearly perfect dentition on both the maxillaries and premaxi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortunictis
''Fortunictis'' is a fossil genus of metailurin machairodontine (saber-toothed) felid containing only one species, ''Fortunictis acerensis''. Both the genus and species were described by paleontologist Joan Pons-Moyà in 1987 based on material from Casa del Acero in Spain, which is dated back to the Upper Miocene (approximately 8.7 to 5.332 million years ago). Discovery and naming Spanish palaeontologist Joan Pons-Moyà described the genus and species in 1987 based on fossils from Casa del Acero in Spain. The generic name ''Fortunictis'' is a combination of ''fortuna'' and ''ictis'' meaning "wild cat". The specific epithet ''acerensis'' meaning "from Casa del Acera", the type locality. Further material assigned to ''Fortunictis'' was discovered at Venta del Moro in 2004. Description Pons-Moyà described the species' diagnostic characteristics as: curved, highly laterally compressed upper canine teeth; elongated crown and no mesial cusp on the third premolar; high, transversely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoshi (genus)
''Yoshi'' is an extinct genus of machairodontine sabertooth cat in the tribe Metailurini. Its remains were first discovered in Pikermi, Greece, and were assigned by Reinhold Friedrich Hensel to ''Machairodus'' (under the new species ''M. parvulus''. In 1938, Miklós Kretzoi assigned it to a new genus, ''Pikermia''. Subsequently, it was realised that the Greek taxon was closely related to another from China, then called ''Parapseudailurus minor'', and both were synonymised. In 2014, a new genus, ''Yoshi'', was erected to encompass the two, resurrecting ''Y. minor'' as a valid species. As ''M. parvulus'' was a ''nomen dubium'', a new species, ''Yoshi garevskii'', was designated as the type. In the intervening years, three more species have been assigned to the genus: ''Y. faie'', ''Y. obscura'', and ''Y. yongdengenesis''. In some regards, such as the shape of its skull, ''Yoshi'' was convergent with cheetahs, and it was originally suggested that it may have been more cursorial (a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lothagam
Lothagam is a geological formation located in Kenya, near the southwestern shores of Lake Turkana, from Kanapoi. It is located between the Kerio River, Kerio and Lomunyenkuparet Rivers on an uplifted fault block. Archaeology Bryan Patterson from Harvard University was, in 1967, the first to carry out paleontological research at Lothagam. Meave Leakey has also carried out extensive paleontological research at Lothagam. Miocene and Pliocene Miocene-Pliocene deposits and numerous paleontology, palaeontological finds have been found at Lothagam. Holocene Archaeological sites dating to the Holocene have been found at Lothagam, including the Lothagam Lokam harpoon site and the Lothagam North Pillar Site. See also * List of fossil sites References Peopling of Africa Pliocene paleontological sites of Africa Miocene paleontological sites of Africa Paleontology in Kenya {{kenya-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. Kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi. Its second-largest and oldest city is Mombasa, a major port city located on Mombasa Island. Other major cities within the country include Kisumu, Nakuru & Eldoret. Going clockwise, Kenya is bordered by South Sudan to the northwest (though much of that border includes the disputed Ilemi Triangle), Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the east, the Indian Ocean to the southeast, Tanzania to the southwest, and Lake Victoria and Uganda to the west. Kenya's geography, climate and population vary widely. In western, rift valley counties, the landscape includes cold, snow-capped mountaintops (such as Batian, Nelion and Point Lenana on Mount Kenya) with vast surrounding forests, wildlife and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metailurus
''Metailurus'' is a genus of saber-toothed cat in the family Felidae, and belonging to the tribe Metailurini, which occurred in North America, Eurasia and Africa from the Miocene to the Middle Pleistocene The Chibanian, more widely known as the Middle Pleistocene (its previous informal name), is an Age (geology), age in the international geologic timescale or a Stage (stratigraphy), stage in chronostratigraphy, being a division of the Pleistocen .... History and taxonomy The genus ''Metailurus'' was described by Zdansky in 1924 for the two species ''Metailurus major'' and ''Metailurus minor''. ''Metailurus mongoliensis'' was described in 1939. ''Metailurus boodon'' was described in 1948. ''Metailurus hengduanshanensis'' was described in 1996. ''Metailurus ultimus'' was described in 2014. ''Metailurus minor'' was reassigned to the felid genus '' Yoshi'' in 2015. Description The canines of ''Metailurus'' are longer than those of even the clouded leopard, but significan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
