Diegoaelurus
Sign in to saveDiegoaelurus ("San Diego's cat") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from the extinct subfamily Machaeroidinae within the extinct family Oxyaenidae. This genus contains only one species, Diegoaelurus vanvalkenburghae, which was found in the Santiago Formation in California. This mammal lived during the Uintan stage of the Middle Eocene Epoch around 43 to 42 million years ago.
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Vinony's link graph records 105 inbound references to Diegoaelurus, and connects out to Ferae, Carnivoramorpha and Oxyaenidae.
Vinony files it under Fossil taxa described in 2022, Oxyaenidae and Prehistoric placental genera.
Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Machaeroidinae
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- Holotype of Diegoaelurus vanvalkenburghae.png
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- Diegoaelurus
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- Extinction
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Diegoaelurus ("San Diego's cat") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from the extinct subfamily Machaeroidinae within the extinct family Oxyaenidae. This genus contains only one species, Diegoaelurus vanvalkenburghae, which was found in the Santiago Formation in California. This mammal lived during the Uintan stage of the Middle Eocene Epoch around 43 to 42 million years ago.
==Etymology== The name of genus Diegoaelurus comes from the city of San Diego and . Diegoaelurus vanvalkenburghae was named after Dr. Blaire Van Valkenburgh in honor of her research on carnivorous mammals and saber-toothed predator paleoecology.
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