Yoshi (genus)
Yoshi Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Felidae |
Subfamily: | †Machairodontinae |
Tribe: | †Metailurini |
Genus: | †Yoshi Spassov and Geraads, 2014 |
Type species | |
Yoshi garevskii Spassov and Geraads, 2014
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Other species | |
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Synonyms | |
Yoshi minor
Yoshi obscura
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Yoshi is an
The genus was named after the pet cat of Nikolai Spassov, one of the authors of the paper that described it.[1]
Taxonomic History
In 1862, Hensel described the species Machairodus parvulus based poorly preserved skulls from
A decision which was followed by later researchers until the paper detailing the new genus Yoshi which, among other decisions, declared M. parvulus, and the genus Pikermia erected for it, a nomen dubium due to the generally fragmented nature of all material assigned to the species.[1]
In 2022, two new species Yoshi faie and Yoshi yongdengensis were proposed based on fossils found in northeastern China.[5] And in 2023, a fifth species Yoshi obscura, which had previously been assigned to the genera Metailurus and Felis amongst others, was added, along with a suggestion that Tchadailurus adei be included in the genus Yoshi.[6]
References
- ^ S2CID 14261386.
- ^ "Metailurus or Yoshi? Meet the real cats behind the names | chasing sabretooths". Chasingsabretooths.wordpress.com. 2014-06-04. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
- ^ Hensel, R. F. (1862). "Über die Reste einiger Säugetierarten von Pikermi in der Münchener Sammlung". Monatsberichte Akad Wiss. 27: 560–569.
- ^ ISSN 0521-4726.
- S2CID 252662658.
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