Pangurban
Sign in to savePangurban is an extinct genus of the family Nimravidae (the false saber-toothed cats), endemic to North America during the Eocene epoch (40–37 mya). It contains a single species, Pangurban egiae. Occurring several million years before other named nimravids in North America, the discovery of this species suggests that hypercarnivores evolved and spread quickly after the warm middle Eocene.
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Vinony files it under Eocene animals of North America, Eocene carnivorans and Fossil taxa described in 2022.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Nimravidae
- Named after
- Pangur Bán
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- taxon name
- Pangurban
- taxon rank
- genus
- time period
- Eocene
- location of discovery
- California
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Pangurban is an extinct genus of the family Nimravidae (the false saber-toothed cats), endemic to North America during the Eocene epoch (40–37 mya). It contains a single species, Pangurban egiae. Occurring several million years before other named nimravids in North America, the discovery of this species suggests that hypercarnivores evolved and spread quickly after the warm middle Eocene.
==Etymology== The namesake for the generic name Pangurban comes from the eponymous white cat in the anonymous 9th century Irish poem Pangur Bán. The species name honors scientist Naoko Egi.
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