副劍齒虎屬

副劍齒虎屬; 化石時期：15–9 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N 中至晚中新世
科學分類
界：	動物界 Animalia
門：	脊索動物門 Chordata
綱：	哺乳綱 Mammalia
目：	食肉目 Carnivora
科：	貓科 Felidae
演化級：	假貓級 Pseudaelurus
亞科：	†劍齒虎亞科 Machairodontinae
族：	†劍齒虎族 Smilodontini
屬：	†副劍齒虎屬 Paramachairodus; Pilgrim, 1913
種
	馬氏副劍齒虎 Paramachairodus maximiliani; Paramachairodus ogygia; Paramachairodus orientalis; 歐亞副劍齒虎 Paramachairodus transasiaticus;
異名
	Paramachaerodus Pontosmilus Kretzoi, 1929; Protamphimachairodus Kretzoi, 1929; Propontosmilus Kadic and Kretzoi, 1930; P. orientalis Pontosmilus hungaricus; Pontosmilus schlosseri;

副劍齒虎屬（學名：Paramachairodus）是一種已滅絕的劍齒虎亞科劍齒虎。分佈於1500萬至900萬年前中新世末期的歐洲和亞洲。

副劍齒虎是已知最古老的劍齒虎，大量副劍齒虎化石發現於西班牙的馬德里附近的一個中新世晚期化石點Cerro Batallones。有兩具豹形化石比較出名，一具是大約處在瓦西里期到Turolian期的Paramachairodus ogygia，另一具則是完全處在Turolian期Paramachairodus orientalis。馬氏副劍齒虎（Paramachairodus maximiliani）被一些作者認為是Paramachairodus orientalis的同物異名^[3]^[1]，但在新的修訂中被認為是一個有效種^[2]。

副劍齒虎肩高約58厘米，與美洲豹相似，但體型更加輕盈。四肢形狀顯示牠們是靈活的攀爬者，且可以獵殺相對大型的獵物。^[4]

下屬物種

本屬包括以下物種：

馬氏副劍齒虎 Paramachaerodus maximiliani (Zdansky, 1924)
奧傑吉厄副劍虎 Paramachaerodus ogygia Kaup, 1832
Paramachaerodus orientalis (Kittl, 1887)
舒氏副劍虎 Paramachaerodus schlosseri Weithofer, 1888
歐亞副劍齒虎 Paramachaerodus transasiaticus Li & Spassov, 2017，亞洲副劍虎
英良副劍虎 Paramachaerodus yingliangi Jiangzuo et al., 2022

參考

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 Li, Yu; Liu, Wenhui; Wang, Lihua. Chinese Machairodontinae (Carnivora, Felidae) and their ecological significance. Chinese Science Bulletin. 2021-04-01, 66 (12): 1441–1455. doi:10.1360/TB-2020-1164.
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Salesa, Manuel J.; Antón, Mauricio; Turner, Alan; Alcalá, Luis; Montoya, Plinio; Morales, Jorge. Systematic revision of the Late Miocene sabre-toothed felid Paramachaerodus in Spain: SYSTEMATICS OF PRIMITIVE SMILODONTINI. Palaeontology. 2010-11, 53 (6): 1369–1391. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.01013.x.
^ Salesa, Manuel J.; Antón, Mauricio; Turner, Alan; Morales, Jorge. Aspects of the functional morphology in the cranial and cervical skeleton of the sabre-toothed cat Paramachairodus ogygia (Kaup, 1832) (Felidae, Machairodontinae) from the Late Miocene of Spain: implications for the origins of the machairodont killing bite. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2005-07, 144 (3): 363–377. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00174.x.
^ Turner, Alan. The Big Cats and their fossil relatives. New York: Columbia University Press. 1997: 60. ISBN 0-231-10228-3.

外部連結

Paramachairodus at the bluelion.org

[TB-2020-1164-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Li, Yu; Liu, Wenhui; Wang, Lihua. Chinese Machairodontinae (Carnivora, Felidae) and their ecological significance. Chinese Science Bulletin. 2021-04-01, 66 (12): 1441–1455. doi:10.1360/TB-2020-1164.

[Salesa-2010-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Salesa, Manuel J.; Antón, Mauricio; Turner, Alan; Alcalá, Luis; Montoya, Plinio; Morales, Jorge. Systematic revision of the Late Miocene sabre-toothed felid Paramachaerodus in Spain: SYSTEMATICS OF PRIMITIVE SMILODONTINI. Palaeontology. 2010-11, 53 (6): 1369–1391. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.01013.x.

[3] Salesa, Manuel J.; Antón, Mauricio; Turner, Alan; Morales, Jorge. Aspects of the functional morphology in the cranial and cervical skeleton of the sabre-toothed cat Paramachairodus ogygia (Kaup, 1832) (Felidae, Machairodontinae) from the Late Miocene of Spain: implications for the origins of the machairodont killing bite. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2005-07, 144 (3): 363–377. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00174.x.

[4] Turner, Alan. The Big Cats and their fossil relatives. New York: Columbia University Press. 1997: 60. ISBN 0-231-10228-3.

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