Aeluroidea

Aeluroidea; Temporal range: Oligocene–Holocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Clade:	Aeluroidea
Subgroups
	†Stenoplesictidae; Nandiniidae; Superfamily Feloidea Felidae; Prionodontidae; †Barbourofelidae; ; Infraorder Viverroidea Viverridae; Superfamily Herpestoidea Eupleridae; Herpestidae; Hyaenidae; †Lophocyonidae; †Percrocutidae; ; ;

Aeluroidea is an extant clade of feline-like carnivores that are, or were, endemic to North America, South America, Africa, and Asia. They appeared during the Oligocene about 33.3 million years ago .[1]

Taxonomy

Aeluroidea was named by William Henry Flower in 1869. It was assigned to Carnivora by Flower (1883) and Carroll (1988); and to Feliformia by Bryant (1991).[2][3][4]

References

Paleobiology Database: Aeluroidea basic info.
W. H. Flower. 1883. On the arrangement of the Orders and Families of existing Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883:178-186
R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698
H. N. Bryant. 1991. Phylogenetic relationships and systematics of the Nimravidae (Carnivora). Journal of Mammalogy 72(1):56-78

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] Paleobiology Database: Aeluroidea basic info.

[2] W. H. Flower. 1883. On the arrangement of the Orders and Families of existing Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883:178-186

[3] R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698

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