Editing Proailurus (section)

==Distribution and species==
Fossils of ''Proailurus lemanensis'' were first found in Saint-Gerand and later in Quercy.<ref name=Hunt1998/> Robert Hunt, while measuring fragmentary fossils from Hasanda-Gol in Mongolia, placed a lower jaw fragment as ''Proailurus'' sp.,<ref name=Hunt1998/> but Peigne placed the fragment in [[Nimravidae|nimravid]] genus ''[[Eofelis]]'' instead, which later authors supported,<ref name=Peigne1999/><ref name=Werdelin2010/> although at least one suggested the fragment could be assigned to ''[[Pseudaelurus]] cuspidatus'' instead.<ref name=Rothwell2004>{{cite journal |author1=Rothwell, Tom |title=New Felid Material from the Ulaan Tologoi Locality, Loh Formation (Early Miocene) of Mongolia |journal= Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History|volume=285 |pages=157–165 |year=2004 |citeseerx=10.1.1.616.5669 |doi=10.1206/0003-0090(2004)285<0157:C>2.0.CO;2 |s2cid=85951519 |issn=0003-0090 }}</ref>

''P. major'' and ''P. bourbonnensis'' are both known from a single locality each: ''P. major'' from [[Saint-Gérand-le-Puy]] and ''P. bourbonnensis'' from Saint-Gérand-le-Puy, Weisbaden-Amoneburg, and [[Budenheim]] (where it is the only ''Proailurus'' species known from the [[Mainz Basin]]).<ref name=Peigne1999/>

{{Location map+ |World |float=right |width=400 |caption=Location of Proailurus fossil finds based on Paleobiology Database. Red, ''Proailurus lemanensis''; orange, ''Proailurus'' sp.; yellow, ''Proailurus''-like felid (Hunt, 1998).
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{{location map~ |World |lat=50.0 |long=8.2 |label=<span class="nowrap" style="font-size:80%;">[[Budenheim and Heßler quarries]]</span>|position=top}}
{{location map~ |World |lat=41.3 |long=2.0 |mark=Orange_pog.svg |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[Cetina de Aragon]]</div>|position=bottom}}
{{location map~ |World |lat=45.3 |long=101.6 |mark=Orange_pog.svg |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[Hsanda Gol Formation]]</div>|position=bottom}}
{{location map~ |World |lat=46.3 |long=3.2 |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[Coderet]]</div> |position=left}}
{{location map~ |World |lat=42.8 |long=-103.1 |mark=Yellow_pog.svg |label=<div style="font-size:80%;">[[Ginn Quarry]]</div> |position=left}}
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Several fossils believed to be ''Proailurus''-grade material have been found in North America, including the Ginn Quarry cat, known from a complete skull, which has dentition similar to ''Proailurus lemanensis'' but with a slightly larger skull. Robert Hunt also noted several specimens that he believed belonged to ''Proailurus''-grade felids, including a pair from the Sheep Creek site in Nebraska, one a lynx-sized felid, the other closer in size to a leopard; another individual from an East Cuyumungue locality, possibly the same species as the larger Sheep Creek specimen; and another specimen from Echo Quarry.<ref name=Hunt1998/> However, the larger Sheep Creek specimen, the East Cuyumungue individual, and the Echo Quarry specimen were all described and assigned to the species ''[[Hyperailurictis]] validus'' in 2001,<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Rothwell, Tom |title=A partial skeleton of Pseudaelurus (Carnivora, Felidae) from the Nambé Member of the Tesuque Formation, Española Basin, New Mexico |journal=American Museum Novitates |issue=3342 |pages=1–31 |year=2001 |issn=0003-0082 |doi=10.1206/0003-0082(2001)342<0001:APSOPC>2.0.CO;2 |s2cid=54211452 |url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/2895/n3342.pdf?sequence=1}}</ref> and the smaller Sheep Creek material to ''Pseudaelurus skinneri'' in 2003.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Rothwell, Tom |title=Phylogenetic systematics of North American ''Pseudaelurus'' (Carnivora: Felidae) |journal=American Museum Novitates |issue=3403 |year=2003 |pages=1–64 |url=http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/2829/v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/nov/N3403.pdf?sequence=1&sa=U&ei=0S79UNrkFJSGhQeUhIDIBQ&ved=0CBUQFjAA&sig2=r_VziMUyYLwJPQq_P43EJw&usg=AFQjCNEfHwEMGAy1RZq4OJi40dkySY-o7A |issn=0003-0082 |doi=10.1206/0003-0082(2003)403<0001:PSONAP>2.0.CO;2|s2cid=67753626 }}</ref> The Ginn Quarry cat was described, but not assigned to any taxa, in 2019; though the authors did state that "it should not be dismissed as a 'proailurine-grade' felid" and suggested placing it in ''Hyperailurictis'' (despite being considerably older than any known ''Hyperailurictis'') or a new genus.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Lyras, G.A.|author2=Giannakopoulou, A.|author3=Werdelin, L.|title=The brain anatomy of an early Miocene felid from Ginn Quarry (Nebraska, USA)|journal=PalZ|issue=2|pages=345–355|year=2019|volume=93 |doi=10.1007/s12542-018-00444-9|s2cid=150052167 |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12542-018-00444-9}}</ref>