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''Quercylurus'' is part of a family of "false sabre-tooths". It was possibly the largest nimravid ever known. ''Quercylurus'' was the same size as a today's [[brown bear]] and was [[scansorial]].<ref>Jordi Agusti and Mauricio Anton: ''Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids 65 million years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe'' , Columbia University Press, 2002, pp.81-83 |
''Quercylurus'' is part of a family of "false sabre-tooths". It was possibly the largest nimravid ever known. ''Quercylurus'' was the same size as a today's [[brown bear]] and was [[scansorial]].<ref>Jordi Agusti and Mauricio Anton: ''Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids 65 million years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe'' , Columbia University Press, 2002, pp.81-83 |
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</ref>. It was very muscular, walked on plantigrade (flat-footed). There is only one known specimen of this genus - Quercylurus major. |
</ref>. It was very muscular, walked on plantigrade (flat-footed). There is only one known specimen of this genus - Quercylurus major. But I really don't know what I'm talking about or where I got this information. |
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==Taxonomy== |
==Taxonomy== |
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''Quercylurus'' was named by Ginsburg (1979). It was assigned to ''Felidae'' by Carroll (1988).<ref>R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698.</ref> |
''Quercylurus'' was named by Ginsburg (1979). It was assigned to ''Felidae'' by Carroll (1988).<ref>R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698.</ref> |
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Quercylurus is an extinct genus of the family Nimravidae, subfamily Nimravinae. Like Pogonodon and Nimravus, it lived during the Eocene epoch (30.8mya).[1]
Quercylurus is part of a family of "false sabre-tooths". It was possibly the largest nimravid ever known. Quercylurus was the same size as a today's brown bear and was scansorial.[2]. It was very muscular, walked on plantigrade (flat-footed). There is only one known specimen of this genus - Quercylurus major. But I really don't know what I'm talking about or where I got this information.
Taxonomy
Quercylurus was named by Ginsburg (1979). It was assigned to Felidae by Carroll (1988).[3]
References
- ^ PaleoBiology Database: Quercylurus, basic info
- ^ Jordi Agusti and Mauricio Anton: Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids 65 million years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe , Columbia University Press, 2002, pp.81-83
- ^ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698.
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