| Lokotunjailurus Temporal range:
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| Restoration of L. emageritus by Mauricio Antón, a Stegotetrabelodon in the distance | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Subfamily: | †Machairodontinae |
| Tribe: | †Homotherini |
| Genus: | †Lokotunjailurus Werdelin 2003 |
| Type species | |
| Lokotunjailurus emageritus Werdelin, 2003
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| Synonyms | |
Lokotunjailurus is an extinct genus of saber-toothed cats (Machairodontinae) which existed during the late Miocene and earliest Pliocene epoch and is known from localities in northern, central, eastern and southern Africa.[1][2][3] A big cat, it was more slender than comparable recent species and its build suggests cursoriality. It is grouped among a group of similar-looking saber-toothed cats known as the scimitar-tooths.
- ^ Werdelin, Lars (23 January 2003), "Mio-Pliocene Carnivora from Lothagam, Kenya", Lothagam (in German), Columbia University Press, pp. 261–328, doi:10.7312/leak11870-013, ISBN 978-0-231-50760-8, retrieved 4 February 2024
- ^ Bonis, L.d.; Peigné, S.; Mackaye, H.T.; Likius, A.; Vignaud, P. & Brunet, M. (2010). "New sabre-toothed cats in the Late Miocene of Toros Menalla (Chad)". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 9 (5): 221–7. Bibcode:2010CRPal...9..221D. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2010.07.018.
- ^ Jiangzuo, Qigao; Rabe, Caitlin; Abella, Juan; Govender, Romala; Valenciano, Alberto (20 July 2023). "Langebaanweg's sabertooth guild reveals an African Pliocene evolutionary hotspot for sabertooths (Carnivora; Felidae)". iScience. 26 (8): 107212. Bibcode:2023iSci...26j7212J. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.107212. ISSN 2589-0042. PMC 10440717. PMID 37609637.