User:SilverTiger12/List of fossil felids

A list of all (valid) fossil felid species.

Classification edit

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Subfamily Proailurinae

Subfamily Felinae

Subfamily Machairodontinae

Subfamily Pantherinae

Genus **Vishnufelis** – Pilgrim, 1932 – 1 species
Species name	Skeletal diagram	Range	Size and ecology
Vishnufelis laticeps Pilgrim, 1932		Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Chinji Formation in Jhelum, India	Size: Habitat: Plains

Genus **Hemimachairodus** – Koenigswald, 1974 – 1 species
Species name	Skeletal diagram	Range	Size and ecology
Hemimachairodus zwierzyckii (Koenigswald, 1934)		Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Java, Indonesia	Size: 130 kg (290 lb) weight Habitat:

Genus **Miomachairodus** – Schmidt-Kittler, 1976 – 1 species
Species name	Skeletal diagram	Range	Size and ecology
Miomachairodus pseudailuroides Schmidt-Kittler, 1976		Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Turkey	Size: Habitat:

Genus **Adelphailurus** – Hibbard, 1934 – 1 species
Species name	Skeletal diagram	Range	Size and ecology
Adelphailurus kansensis Hibbard, 1934		Middle Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Ogallala Formation in Sherman County, Kansas	Size: Habitat:

Genus **Dinofelis** – Zdansky, 1924 – 9 species
Species name	Skeletal diagram	Range	Size and ecology
Dinofelis cristata (Falconer & Cautley, 1836)			Size: Habitat:

Genus **Megantereon** – Croizet & Jobert, 1828 – 8? species
Species name	Skeletal diagram	Range	Size and ecology

Genus **Paramachaerodus** – , – species
Species name	Skeletal diagram	Range	Size and ecology

Genus **Promegantereon** – Kretzoi, 1938 – 1 species
Species name	Skeletal diagram	Range	Size and ecology
Promegantereon ogygia (Kaup, 1832)		Middle Miocene–Late Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N	Size: 58 cm (23 in) shoulder height Habitat: Woodlands

Genus **Rhizosmilodon** – Wallace & Hulbert, 2013 – 1 species
Species name	Skeletal diagram	Range	Size and ecology
Rhizosmilodon fiteae Wallace & Hulbert, 2013		Early Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Florida	Size: 165 lb (75 kg) weight Habitat:

Genus **Smilodon** – Lund, 1842 – 3 species
Species name	Skeletal diagram	Range	Size and ecology
Smilodon fatalis (Leidy, 1869)	S. fatalis size diagram (in brown)	Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ North America	Size: 175 cm (69 in) body length 100 cm (39 in) shoulder height 160–280 kg (350–620 lb) weight Habitat: Forests and bush
Smilodon gracilis Cope, 1880	S. gracilis size diagram (in red)	Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ North and South America	Size: 55–100 kg (121–220 lb) weight Habitat: Forests and bush
Smilodon populator Lund, 1842	S. populator size diagram (in orange)	Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ South America	Size: 120 cm (47 in) shoulder height 220–400 kg (490–880 lb) weight Habitat: Forests and bush

Genus **Leontoceryx** – Kretzoi, 1938 – 1 species
Species name	Skeletal diagram	Range	Size and ecology
Leontoceryx bessarabiae Kretzoi, 1938			Size: Habitat:

Genus **Pachypanthera** – de Bonis *et al.*, 2023 – 1 species
Species name	Skeletal diagram	Range	Size and ecology
Pachypanthera piriyai de Bonis et al., 2023	Skeletal reconstruction of the skull, with known material in white.	Late Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Khorat sand pits in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand	Size: 142 kg (313 lb) weight Habitat: Swampy environment mixed with closed woodlands

Genus **Panthera** – Oken, 1816 – 12 species
Species name	Range	Size and ecology
Panthera atrox (Leidy, 1853)		Size: Habitat:
Panthera balamoides Stinnesbeck et al., 2019		Size: Habitat:
Panthera blytheae Tseng et al., 2014		Size: Habitat:
Panthera dhokpathanensis Bakr, 1986		Size: Habitat:
Panthera fossilis (Reichenau, 2906)	Middle Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓	Size: Habitat:
Panthera gombaszoegensis (Kretzoi, 1938)		Size: Habitat:
Panthera shawi (Broom, 1948)		Size: Habitat:
Panthera spelaea (Goldfuss, 1810)		Size: Habitat:
Panthera palaeosinensis (Zdansky, 1924)		Size: Habitat:
Panthera principialis Hemmer, 2023	Laetoli, Tanzania	Size: Habitat:
Panthera youngi Pei, 1934		Size: Habitat:
Panthera zdanskyi Mazák, Christiansen & Kitchener, 2011		Size: Habitat: