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==Classification==
==Classification==
Hibbard only assigned the genus to the family Felidae in his original description.<ref name=Hibbard1934/> It was assigned to the tribe [[Metailurini]] in 1983,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Berta |first1=A. |last2=Galiano |first2=H. |date=1983 |title=Megantereon hesperus from the late Hemphillian of Florida with remarks on the phylogenetic relationships of machairodonts (Mammalia, Felidae, Machairodontinae) |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=57 |issue=5 |pages=892-899 |jstor=1304759}}</ref> assigned in passing to Felidae by Carroll in 1988,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Carroll |first1=R. L. |date=1988 |title=Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution |publisher=W.H. Freeman and Company}}</ref> and to the subfamily Machairodontinae by Martin in 1998.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Martin |first1=L. D. |date=1998 |chapter=Felidae |title=Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America |editor=C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs |volume=1 |pages=236–242}}</ref>
Hibbard only assigned the genus to the family Felidae in his original description.<ref name=Hibbard1934/> It was assigned to the tribe [[Metailurini]] in 1983,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Berta |first1=A. |last2=Galiano |first2=H. |date=1983 |title=Megantereon hesperus from the late Hemphillian of Florida with remarks on the phylogenetic relationships of machairodonts (Mammalia, Felidae, Machairodontinae) |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=57 |issue=5 |pages=892–899 |jstor=1304759}}</ref> assigned in passing to Felidae by Carroll in 1988,<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Carroll |first1=R. L. |date=1988 |title=Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution |publisher=W.H. Freeman and Company}}</ref> and to the subfamily Machairodontinae by Martin in 1998.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Martin |first1=L. D. |date=1998 |chapter=Felidae |title=Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America |editor=C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs |volume=1 |pages=236–242}}</ref>

In 2005, Werdelin and Andersson suggested that ''Adelphailurus kansensis'' should be reassigned to the genus ''[[Metailurus]]'' as ''Metailurus kansensis'',<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Andersson |first1=K. |last2=Werdelin |first2=L. |date=2005 |title=Carnivora from the late miocene of Lantian, China |url=http://ivpp.cas.cn/cbw/gjzdwxb/xbwzxz/200810/W020090813368770778229.pdf |journal=Vertebrata PalAsiatica |volume=43 |issue=4 |pages=267 |doi= |access-date=}}</ref> but this was rejected and refuted Li in 2014 and Spassov & Geraads in 2015.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Li |date=2014 |title= |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271020687 |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |doi= |access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=A New Felid from the Late Miocene of the Balkans and the Contents of the Genus ''Metailurus'' Zdansky, 1924 (Carnivora, Felidae) |date=2014-05-15 |doi=10.1007/s10914-014-9266-5 |volume=22 |journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution |pages=45–56 |last1=Spassov |first1=Nikolai|s2cid=14261386 |last2=Geraads |first2=Denis}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Adelphailurus
Temporal range: Middle Pliocene
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: †Machairodontinae
Tribe: †Metailurini
Genus: †Adelphailurus
Hibbard, 1934
Type species
Adelphailurus kansensis
Hibbard, 1934
Range of Adelphailurus based on fossil record
Synonyms

Metailurus kansensis (Hibbard, 1934) sensu Andersson & Werdelin, 2005

Adelphailurus is an extinct genus of machairodontine (saber-toothed) cat inhabited western North America during the middle Pliocene.[1][2]

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 Hibbard erected the new genus and species Adelphailurus kansensis for the specimen. The genus name is derived from the Greek Adelphos, meaning brother, and ailurus, meaning cat.[1]

Description

The holotype of Adelphailurus kansensis consists of the anterior portion of a skull with nearly perfect dentition on both the malliaries and premaxillaries. Hibbard stated that the living cat would have a relatively broad skull with large canines.[1]

Classification

Hibbard only assigned the genus to the family Felidae in his original description.[1] It was assigned to the tribe Metailurini in 1983,[3] assigned in passing to Felidae by Carroll in 1988,[4] and to the subfamily Machairodontinae by Martin in 1998.[5]

In 2005, Werdelin and Andersson suggested that Adelphailurus kansensis should be reassigned to the genus Metailurus as Metailurus kansensis,[6] but this was rejected and refuted Li in 2014 and Spassov & Geraads in 2015.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hibbard, C. W. (1934). "Two new genera of Felidae from the middle Pliocene of Kansas" (PDF). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 37: 239–255. doi:10.2307/3625308. JSTOR 3625308.
  2. ^ Turner, Alan; Antón, Mauricio (1997). The Big Cats and their fossil relatives. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-10228-3.
  3. ^ Berta, A.; Galiano, H. (1983). "Megantereon hesperus from the late Hemphillian of Florida with remarks on the phylogenetic relationships of machairodonts (Mammalia, Felidae, Machairodontinae)". Journal of Paleontology. 57 (5): 892–899. JSTOR 1304759.
  4. ^ Carroll, R. L. (1988). "Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution". W.H. Freeman and Company. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ Martin, L. D. (1998). "Felidae". In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (ed.). Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America. Vol. 1. pp. 236–242.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
  6. ^ Andersson, K.; Werdelin, L. (2005). "Carnivora from the late miocene of Lantian, China" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 43 (4): 267.
  7. ^ Li (2014). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271020687. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ Spassov, Nikolai; Geraads, Denis (2014-05-15). "A New Felid from the Late Miocene of the Balkans and the Contents of the Genus Metailurus Zdansky, 1924 (Carnivora, Felidae)". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 22: 45–56. doi:10.1007/s10914-014-9266-5. S2CID 14261386.

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