After McKenna &Bell, 1997, Geraads & Güleç, 1997, and Peigné, 2001, 2003
<==o †Nimravidae Cope, 1880b (nimravidit; nimravids) |?- ?†Barbourofelinae Schultz, Schultz & Martin, 1970 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997 [Felidae: †Barbourofelini Schultz, Schultz & Martin, 1970; †Barbourofelidae sensu Morlo, Peigné & Nagel 2004] `--o †Nimravinae Cope, 1880b [Nimravidae sensu Morlo, Peigné & Nagel 2004][incl. Hoplophoninae Bryant, 1996; McKenna & Bell, 1997] |--o †Nimravini Cope, 1880b sensu Bryant, 1996, and Peigné, 2001, 2003 | |-- †Dinaelurus crassus Eaton, 1922 | `--o †Nimravus Cope, 1879a [taxonomic history] | |-- †N. intermedius (Filhol, 1872a) [taxonomic history] | |-- †N. brachyops (Cope, 1878) [taxonomic history] | `?- ?†N. sectator Matthew, 1907 `--+--o †Eofelis Kretzoi, 1938 | |-- †E. edwardsii | `-- †E. major `--+--+-- †Pogonodon platycopis Cope, 1880a | `--o †Dinictis Leidy, 1854 | |-- †D. felina Leidy, 1854 | `-- †D. squalidens `--+?- †Quercylurus major Ginsburg, 1979 [Nimravus intermedius major; Pivetaeu, 1931; Dinailurictis bonali; Toohey, 1959; Quercylurus major Ginsburg, 1979; de Bonis & Cirot, 1995; Peigné, 2003; Nimravus sp.; Lacomba & Morales, 1987] |-- †Dinailurictis bonali Helbing, 1922 [Dinailurictis bonali Helbing, 1922; Ginsburg, 1979; de Bonis & Cirot, 1995; Peigné, 2003; Ailurictis helbengi; Kretzoi, 1929; Nimravus intermedius; Piveteau, 1931; Quercylurus major; Ginsburg, 1979; de Bonis & Cirot, 1995] `--o †Hoplophoneini Bryant, 1996 |?- †Nanosmilus kurteni Martin, 1992 [juveline, possibly of †Hoplophoneus] `--o †Hoplophoneus Cope, 1874 [paraphyletic sensu Bryant, 1996, and Peigné, 2003] |?- †H. sp. |?- †H. latidens |-- †H. primaevus (Leidy, 1851) |-- †H. occidentalis |-- †H. mentalis `--+-- †H. dakotensis `--o †Eusmilus [Paraeusmilus] |-- †E. bidentatus (Filhol, 1872) `--+-- †E. cerebralis [incl.? Hoplophoneus belli] `--+-- †E. sicarius [Hoplophoneus sicarius] `-- †E. villebramarensis
Nimravidae incertae sedis:
These are probably true cats (Felidae).
†Nimravides pedionomus
†Metailurus
†M. mongoliensis
†M. pamiri
†M. boodon
†M. parvulus
†M. minor
†M. major
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Geraads, D. & Güleç, E., 1997: Relationships of Barbourofelis piveteaui (Ozansoy, 1965), a Late Miocene nimravid (Carnivora, Mammalia) from Central Turkey.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 17, #2, pp. 370-375 - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Morlo, M., Peigné, S. & Nagel, D., 2004: A new species of Prosansanosmilus: implications for the systematic relationships of the family Baubourofelidae new rank (Carnivora, Mammalia).
–Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: Vol. 140, #1, pp. 43-61 - Peigné, S., 2003: Systematic review of European Nimravinae (Mammalia, Carnivora, Nimravidae) and the phylogenetic relationships of Palaeogene Nimravidae.
–Zoologica Scripta: Vol. 32, #3, pp. 199-229 - Peigné, S., 2001: A primitive nimravine skull from the Quercy fissures, France: Implications for the origin and evolution of Nimravidae (Carnivora).
–Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: Vol. 132, #4, pp. 401-410