• Source: Stenailurus

Stenailurus is an extinct genus of metailurin machairodontine (saber-toothed) cat from the Late Miocene (the Turolian, specifically) of Spain. It contains a single species, Stenailurus teilhardi . It was described based on a piece of maxilla in 1972.




Discovery and naming


The generic name Stenailurus honors Bl. Niels Steensen, considered the father of paleontology, combined with the Greek αἴλουρος/ailurus meaning "cat". The specific name teilhardi honors paleontologist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.




Classification


Position of Stenailurus in Metailurini according to a 2018 phylogenetic analysis:




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Stenailurus
• Metailurini
• Machairodontinae
• Dinofelis
• Saber-toothed predator
• Fortunictis
• Adelphailurus
• List of prehistoric mammals
• 1972 in paleontology