Diegoaelurus

Diegoaelurus ("San Diego's cat") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct the subfamily Machaeroidinae within 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 46.2 to 39.7 million years ago.

Diegoaelurus
Temporal range: middle Eocene
Holotype of Diegoaelurus vanvalkenburghae, (SDSNH 38343)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Oxyaenodonta
Family: Oxyaenidae
Subfamily: Machaeroidinae
Genus: Diegoaelurus
Zack, Poust, & Wagner, 2022
Type species
Diegoaelurus vanvalkenburghae
Zack, Poust, & Wagner, 2022
A map showing the fossil finds of
D. vanvalkenburghae as well as other machaeroidinid genera.
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