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Nimravidae (false sabre-tooth)
Taxonomy
Nimravidae was named by Cope (1880). It is not extant. Its type is Nimravus.
It was assigned to Fissipedia by Cope (1889); to Caniformia by Flynn and Galiano (1982); to Aeluroidea by Carroll (1988); to Carnivoramorpha by Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin (2005); and to Feliformia by Bryant (1991) and Tomiya (2011).
It was assigned to Fissipedia by Cope (1889); to Caniformia by Flynn and Galiano (1982); to Aeluroidea by Carroll (1988); to Carnivoramorpha by Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin (2005); and to Feliformia by Bryant (1991) and Tomiya (2011).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1880 | Nimravidae Cope |
| 1889 | Nimravidae Cope p. 876 |
| 1982 | Nimravidae Flynn and Galiano p. 50 |
| 1988 | Nimravidae Carroll |
| 1991 | Nimravidae Bryant p. 68 |
| 2005 | Nimravidae Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin p. 842 |
| 2011 | Nimravidae Tomiya p. 17 |
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