Hyperailurictis
Genus of extinct felid / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hyperailurictis is an extinct genus of felid from Miocene North America. The Hyperailurictis species are Pseudaelurus-grade felids and thought to be the first felids in the Americas.
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Hyperailurictis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Felidae |
Grade: | †Pseudaelurus |
Genus: | †Hyperailurictis Kretzoi, 1929 |
Type species | |
†Hyperailurictis intrepidus (Leidy, 1858) | |
Other species | |
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Synonyms | |
H. intrepidus
H. marshi
H. skinneri
H. stouti
H. validus
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