Aeluroidea

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Clade of mammals

Aeluroidea Temporal range: Oligocene–Holocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Infraorder:	Aeluroidea
Subgroups
†Stenoplesictidae Nandiniidae Superfamily Feloidea Felidae Prionodontidae †Barbourofelidae Parvorder Viverroidea Viverridae Superfamily Herpestoidea Eupleridae Herpestidae Hyaenidae †Lophocyonidae †Percrocutidae

Aeluroidea is an extant infraorder of feline-like carnivores that are, or were, endemic to North America, South America, Africa, and Asia. They appeared during the Oligocene about 33.3 million years ago.

Taxonomy

Aeluroidea was named by William Henry Flower in 1869. It was assigned to Carnivora by Flower (1883) and Carroll (1988); and to Feliformia by Bryant (1991).

References

1. ^ Paleobiology Database: Aeluroidea basic info.
2. ^ W. H. Flower. 1883. On the arrangement of the Orders and Families of existing Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883:178-186
3. ^ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698
4. ^ H. N. Bryant. 1991. Phylogenetic relationships and systematics of the Nimravidae (Carnivora). Journal of Mammalogy 72(1):56-78