| Adelphailurus Temporal range: Middle
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Subfamily: | †Machairodontinae |
| Tribe: | †Metailurini |
| Genus: | †Adelphailurus Hibbard, 1934 |
| Type species | |
| Adelphailurus kansensis Hibbard, 1934
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| Range of Adelphailurus based on fossil record | |
| Synonyms | |
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Metailurus kansensis (Hibbard, 1934) sensu Andersson & Werdelin, 2005 | |
Adelphailurus is an extinct genus of metailurin machairodontine (saber-toothed) cat that inhabited western North America during the middle Pliocene. It is monotypic, containing only the species Adelphailurus kansensis.[1][2]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Hibbard1934was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Turner, Alan; Antón, Mauricio (1997). The Big Cats and their fossil relatives. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-10228-3.