Afrosmilus

Afrosmilus
Temporal range: Middle Miocene
Restoration of Hyainailouros sulzeri (far left), Cynelos eurydon, Afrosmilus africanus and Hyainailouros napakensis (far right)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Barbourofelidae
Tribe: Afrosmilini
Genus: Afrosmilus
Kretzoi, 1929
Type species
Afrosmilus africanus
(Andrews, 1914)
Species
  • Afrosmilus hispanicus Morales et al., 2001
  • Afrosmilus turkanae Schmidt-Kittler, 1987

Afrosmilus is a fossil genus of afrosmilin barbourofelid. It lived in Africa during the middle Miocene.