Acinonyx aicha
Extinct species of mammal
Acinonyx aicha Temporal range: Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Felidae |
Subfamily: | Felinae |
Genus: | Acinonyx |
Species: | †A. aicha |
Binomial name | |
†Acinonyx aicha Geraads, 1997 |
Acinonyx aicha is an extinct felid species belonging to the genus Acinonyx. It was first described in 1997 based on fossils from the Pliocene of Morocco.[1]
References
- ^ Geraads, D. (1997). "Carnivores du Pliocène terminalde Ahl al Oughlam (Casablanca, Maroc)" [Terminal Pliocene carnivores from Ahl al Oughlam (Casablanca, Morocco)]. Geobios (in French). 30 (1): 127–164. doi:10.1016/s0016-6995(97)80263-x.
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