Dinofelis
Extinct genus of carnivores / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dinofelis is an extinct genus of machairodontine (sabre-toothed cat), usually classified in the tribe Metailurini. It was widespread in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America from 5 million to about 1.2 million years ago (early Pliocene to early Pleistocene). Fossils very similar to Dinofelis from Lothagam range back to around 8 million years ago, in the Late Miocene.[1][2][3]
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Dinofelis | |
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Restoration of D. barlowi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Felidae |
Subfamily: | †Machairodontinae |
Tribe: | †Metailurini |
Genus: | †Dinofelis Zdansky, 1924 |
Type species | |
Dinofelis cristata (Falconer & Cautley, 1836) | |
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Synonyms | |
Dinofelis
D. cristata
D. diastemata
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