Namafelis

Namafelis; Temporal range: Late Burdigalian
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Felidae
Genus:	†Namafelis; Morales et al., 2003
Type species
	†Namafelis minor; Morales et al., 1998

Namafelis is an extinct genus of felids that lived in what is now Namibia during the Early Miocene. It contains a single species, Namafelis minor.^[1] Closely related to Diamantofelis,^[2] it is of “Pseudaelurus-grade”,^[3] and therefore a rather basal member of the cat family.

^ Morales, J.; Pickford, M.; Fraile, S.; Salesa, M. J.; Soria, D. (2003). "Creodonta and Carnivora from Arrisdrift, early Middle Miocene of southern Namibia". Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Namibia. 19: 177–194.
^ Werdelin, Lars (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520257214.
^ Werdelin, Lars (2012). "A new genus and species of Felidae (Mammalia) from Rusinga Island, Kenya, with notes on early Felidae of Africa". Estudios Geológicos.

[:1-1] Morales, J.; Pickford, M.; Fraile, S.; Salesa, M. J.; Soria, D. (2003). "Creodonta and Carnivora from Arrisdrift, early Middle Miocene of southern Namibia". Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Namibia. 19: 177–194.

[:6-2] Werdelin, Lars (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520257214.

[:022-3] Werdelin, Lars (2012). "A new genus and species of Felidae (Mammalia) from Rusinga Island, Kenya, with notes on early Felidae of Africa". Estudios Geológicos.

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