Ginsburgsmilus

Ginsburgsmilus
Temporal range: Miocene
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Barbourofelidae
Genus: Ginsburgsmilus
(J. Morales et al., 2001)[1]
Species

Ginsburgsmilus napakensis

Ginsburgsmilus is an extinct genus of carnivorous mammal of the family Barbourofelidae (false saber-tooth cats) that was endemic to Africa during the early Miocene. There is only one known specimen of Ginsburgsmilus napakensis,[2] dated to 20-19 mya.

Taxonomy

Ginsburgsmilus was named by Morales et al. (2001).[1] It was assigned to Barbourofelidae by Morlo et al. (2004) and Morlo (2006).[3]

In 2001, a team led by Jorge Morales described Ginsburgsmilus[1] as a new genus in the family Barbourofelidae; the fossil material had been previously identified as Afrosmilus turkanae.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Morales, J.; Salesa, M. J.; Pickford, M.; Soria, D. (2001). "A new tribe, new genus and two new species of Barbourofelinae (Felidae, Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of East Africa and Spain". Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences. 92 (01): 97–102. doi:10.1017/S0263593300000067.
  2. PaleoBiology Database: Ginsburgsmilus, basic info
  3. Morlo, Michael; Stéphane Peigné; Doris Nagel (2004). "A new species of Prosansanosmilus: implications for the systematic relationships of the family Barbourofelidae new rank (Carnivora, Mammalia)" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 140 (1): 52. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00087.x. Retrieved 2008-11-28.


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