- Dinobastis
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Dinobastis
Temporal range: PleistoceneConservation status ഫോസ്സിൽScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: കോർഡേറ്റ Class: സസ്തനി Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Subfamily: †Machairodontinae Tribe: †Machairodontini Genus: †Dinobastis
Cope (1893)Species - D. ischyrus
- D. serus
Dinobastis is a synonym for the saber-toothed cat Homotherium.
The genus was originally named by Cope (1893). Its type is Dinobastis serus. It was synonymized subjectively with Smilodon by Matthew (1910) and later with Homotherium by Churcher (1966), Schultz and et al (1970), Waldrop (1974), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Churcher (1984) and Dalquest and Carpenter (1988).[1][2][3]
Morphology
Two specimens were examined by Legendre and Roth for body mass. The first specimen was estimated to 144.8 kg (320 lb), the second weighed perhaps arround 51.9 kg (110 lb).[4]
References
- ^ W. D. Matthew. 1910. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 28
- ^ C. B. Schultz et al. 1970. Bulletin of the Nebraska State Museum 9
- ^ W. W. Dalquest and R. M. Carpenter. 1988. Occasional Papers, Museum, Texas Tech University 124
- ^ S. Legendre and C. Roth. 1988. Correlation of carnassial tooth size and body weight in recent carnivores (Mammalia). Historical Biology 1(1):85-98
Categories:- Prehistoric felines
- Saber-toothed cats
- Extinct carnivorans
- Pleistocene mammals
- Pleistocene extinctions
- Prehistoric animals of Europe
- Prehistoric animals of North America
- Prehistoric carnivoran stubs
- Feline stubs
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