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Adelphailurus
2024320243Adelphailurus (†Adelphailurus (Hibbard, 1934))
Order: Carnivore.
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Machairodontinae
Tribe: Metailurini
Size: 2 m in length, 80 cm in height, 50-100 kg of weight.
Time period: middle Pliocene of North America
Adelphailurus is an extinct genus of metailurin saber-toothed cat that inhabited western North America during the middle Pliocene. It is monotypic, containing only the species Adelphailurus kansensis.
The holotype of Adelphailurus consists of the anterior portion of a skull with nearly perfect dentition on both the maxillaries and premaxillaries. Hibbard only assigned the genus to the family Felidae in his original description. It was assigned to the tribe Metailurini in 1983, assigned in passing to Felidae by Carroll in 1988, and to the subfamily Machairodontinae by Martin in 1998. Hibbard stated that the living cat would have a relatively broad skull with large canines.
In 2010 it was suggested that Nimravides hibbardi was a junior synonym of Adelphailurus kansensis.
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Adelphailurus (†Adelphailurus (Hibbard, 1934))
Order: Carnivore.
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Machairodontinae
Tribe: Metailurini
Size: 2 m in length, 80 cm in height, 50-100 kg of weight.
Time period: middle Pliocene of North America
Adelphailurus is an extinct genus of metailurin saber-toothed cat that inhabited western North America during the middle Pliocene. It is monotypic, containing only the species Adelphailurus kansensis.
The holotype of Adelphailurus consists of the anterior portion of a skull with nearly perfect dentition on both the maxillaries and premaxillaries. Hibbard only assigned the genus to the family Felidae in his original description. It was assigned to the tribe Metailurini in 1983, assigned in passing to Felidae by Carroll in 1988, and to the subfamily Machairodontinae by Martin in 1998. Hibbard stated that the living cat would have a relatively broad skull with large canines.
In 2010 it was suggested that Nimravides hibbardi was a junior synonym of Adelphailurus kansensis.
