Extinct genus of mammals
Namafelis Temporal range: Late Burdigalian
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Carnivora
Suborder:
Feliformia
Family:
Felidae
Genus:
† Namafelis Morales et al., 2003
Type species
†Namafelis minor Morales et al., 1998
Namafelis is an extinct genus of felids that lived in what is now Namibia during the Early Miocene. It contains a single species, Namafelis minor. [1] Closely related to Diamantofelis ,[2] it is of “Pseudaelurus -grade”,[3] and therefore a rather basal member of the cat family.
^ Morales, J.; Pickford, M.; Fraile, S.; Salesa, M. J.; Soria, D. (2003). "Creodonta and Carnivora from Arrisdrift, early Middle Miocene of southern Namibia". Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Namibia . 19 : 177–194.
^ Werdelin, Lars (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa . University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520257214 .
^ Werdelin, Lars (2012). "A new genus and species of Felidae (Mammalia) from Rusinga Island, Kenya, with notes on early Felidae of Africa". Estudios Geológicos .
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Namafelis is an extinct genus of felids that lived in what is now Namibia during the Early Miocene. It contains a single species, Namafelis minor. Closely...
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suggests, intermediate in size between the smaller Asilifelis and the larger Namafelis and Diamantofelis. Its mandible is relatively gracile, and its p4 and...
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described from the same locality, but has since been moved to the genus Namafelis . These two genera are notable for being the first, and until the description...
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