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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] |
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] |
