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'''''Parailurus''''' is a genus of extinct [[carnivora]]n mammal in the family [[Ailuridae]]. ''Parailurus'', which was about 50% larger than ''[[Ailurus]]'' (red panda), lived in the early to late [[Pliocene]] [[Epoch (geology)|Epoch]], and its fossils have been found in Europe, North America, and Japan.<ref name="GoswamiFriscia2010">{{cite book |editor-last1=Goswami |editor-first1=Anjali |editor-last2=Friscia |editor-first2=Anthony |date=July 2010 |title=Carnivoran Evolution: New Views on Phylogeny, Form and Function |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HPw0C2i8QXkC&pg=PA118 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=117-119 |isbn=978-0-521-51529-0}}</ref> |
'''''Parailurus''''' is a genus of extinct [[carnivora]]n mammal in the family [[Ailuridae]]. ''Parailurus'', which was about 50% larger than ''[[Ailurus]]'' (red panda), lived in the early to late [[Pliocene]] [[Epoch (geology)|Epoch]], and its fossils have been found in Europe, North America, and island the of Japan.<ref name="GoswamiFriscia2010">{{cite book |editor-last1=Goswami |editor-first1=Anjali |editor-last2=Friscia |editor-first2=Anthony |date=July 2010 |title=Carnivoran Evolution: New Views on Phylogeny, Form and Function |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HPw0C2i8QXkC&pg=PA118 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=117-119 |isbn=978-0-521-51529-0}}</ref> |
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The fossils of ''P. baikalicus'' carry low-crowned lower molars, along with the main cuspids of the cheek teeth being worn horizontally. This suggests ''P. baikalicus'' commonly ate leaves.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ogino|first=Shintaro|last2=Nakaya|first2=Hideo|last3=Takai|first3=Masanaru|last4=Fukuchi|first4=Akira|last5=Maschenko|first5=Evgeny N.|last6=Kalmykov|first6=Nikolai P.|date=September 30, 2009|title=Mandible and Lower Dentition ofParailurus baikalicus(Ailuridae, Carnivora) from Transbaikal area, Russia|url=http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2517/1342-8144-13.3.259|journal=Paleontological Research|language=en-US|volume=13|issue=3|pages=259–264|doi=10.2517/1342-8144-13.3.259|issn=1342-8144|via=}}</ref> |
The fossils of ''P. baikalicus'' carry low-crowned lower molars, along with the main cuspids of the cheek teeth being worn horizontally. This suggests ''P. baikalicus'' commonly ate leaves.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ogino|first=Shintaro|last2=Nakaya|first2=Hideo|last3=Takai|first3=Masanaru|last4=Fukuchi|first4=Akira|last5=Maschenko|first5=Evgeny N.|last6=Kalmykov|first6=Nikolai P.|date=September 30, 2009|title=Mandible and Lower Dentition ofParailurus baikalicus(Ailuridae, Carnivora) from Transbaikal area, Russia|url=http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.2517/1342-8144-13.3.259|journal=Paleontological Research|language=en-US|volume=13|issue=3|pages=259–264|doi=10.2517/1342-8144-13.3.259|issn=1342-8144|via=}}</ref> |
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| Parailurus Temporal range: early to late Pliocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ailuridae |
| Subfamily: | Ailurinae |
| Genus: | †Parailurus Schlosser, 1899 |
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Parailurus is a genus of extinct carnivoran mammal in the family Ailuridae. Parailurus, which was about 50% larger than Ailurus (red panda), lived in the early to late Pliocene Epoch, and its fossils have been found in Europe, North America, and island the of Japan.[1]
The fossils of P. baikalicus carry low-crowned lower molars, along with the main cuspids of the cheek teeth being worn horizontally. This suggests P. baikalicus commonly ate leaves.[2]
References
- ^ Goswami, Anjali; Friscia, Anthony, eds. (July 2010). Carnivoran Evolution: New Views on Phylogeny, Form and Function. Cambridge University Press. p. 117-119. ISBN 978-0-521-51529-0.
- ^ Ogino, Shintaro; Nakaya, Hideo; Takai, Masanaru; Fukuchi, Akira; Maschenko, Evgeny N.; Kalmykov, Nikolai P. (September 30, 2009). "Mandible and Lower Dentition ofParailurus baikalicus(Ailuridae, Carnivora) from Transbaikal area, Russia". Paleontological Research. 13 (3): 259–264. doi:10.2517/1342-8144-13.3.259. ISSN 1342-8144.
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