Pseudaelurus aeluroides Macdonald, 1954

ROTHWELL, TOM, 2003, Phylogenetic Systematics of North American Pseudaelurus (Carnivora: Felidae), American Museum Novitates 3403, pp. 1-64 : 47-48

Pseudaelurus aeluroides Macdonald, 1954

HOLOTYPE: SDSM 3248 , right ramus with c, p3, p4 and m1 from northeast rim of Sinclair Draw (early Barstovian), Sioux Co., Nebraska.

REFERRED SPECIMENS: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Type locality only.

DESCRIPTION AND COMPARISONS: I have not been able to examine either this specimen or a cast of this taxon. From the illustration pro­

vided by Macdonald (1954), it may be a juvenile with erupting teeth. The m1 is 15.6 mm long and the distance between the lower canine and p3 is 7.3 mm. I have examined 21 lower jaws referred to Pseudaelurus from the Lower Snake Creek Fauna. I have assigned seven of these specimens to P. marshi Thorpe (1922) . None of the characters or dimensions mentioned by Macdonald would distinguish SDSM 3248 from this group of fossils. I hesitate to reassign a specimen without seeing it, but Pseudaelurus aeluroides (SDSM 3248) may be synonymous with P. marshi .