Nimravus

Nimravus Temporal range: Priabonian to Oligocene, 35.3–26.3 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
N. brachyops skull
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	†Nimravidae
Subfamily:	†Nimravinae
Genus:	†Nimravus Cope, 1879
Type species
†Nimravus brachyops Cope, 1879
Species
N. brachyops Cope, 1879 N. intermedius Filhol, 1872 N. mongoliensis (Gromova 1959)

Nimravus is an extinct genus of "false" saber-toothed cat in the family Nimravidae known from North America, Asia and Europe during the late Eocene and Oligocene epochs 35.3—26.3 mya,^[1] existing for approximately 9 million years. Not closely related to true saber-toothed cats, they evolved a similar form through parallel evolution. Fossils have been uncovered in the western U.S. from Oregon to southern California and Nebraska.