Lokotunjailurus
Holozoa
Lokotunjailurus
Temporal range: 7 Ma
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| An artist's conception of L. emageritus |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Class: |
Mammalia |
| Order: |
Carnivora |
| Family: |
Felidae |
| Tribe: |
†Homotherini |
| Genus: |
†Lokotunjailurus
Werdelin 2003 |
| Species |
- L. emageritus Werdelin, 2003
- L. fanonei Bonisa, Peignéb, Mackayec, Likiusc, Vignauda & Bruneta, 2010
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| Synonyms |
- Lokotunjailuurs Bonisa, Peignéb, Mackayec, Likiusc, Vignauda & Bruneta 2010
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Lokotunjailurus is the name of a genus of sabre-toothed cats which existed in Kenya and Chad during the Miocene epoch.[1][2]
References
- ^ Werdelin, L. (2003). Leakey, M. G. & Harris, J. M.. ed. "Mio-Pliocene Carnivora from Lothagam, Kenya". Lothagam – The Dawn of Humanity in East Africa (New York: Columbia University Press): 261–328.
- ^ Bonisa, L.d., Peignéb, S., Mackayec, H.T., Likiusc, A., Vignauda, P. & Bruneta, M. (2010). "New sabre-toothed cats in the Late Miocene of Toros Menalla (Chad)". Comptes Rendus Palevol 9: 221–7.