Diegoaelurus
| 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. | |
Diegoaelurus ("San Diego's cat") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from the extinct 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.