Barbourofelis

Barbourofelis
Temporal range: Middle to Late Miocene 13.6–4.9 Ma
B. loveorum, Florida Museum of Natural History Fossil Hall at the University of Florida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: †Barbourofelidae
Tribe: †Barbourofelini
Genus: †Barbourofelis
Schultz, Schultz & Martin, 1970
Type species
†Barbourofelis fricki
Schultz, Schultz & Martin, 1970
Other Species
  • †Barbourofelis loveorum
  • †Barbourofelis morrisi
  • †Barbourofelis piveteaui
  • †Barbourofelis vallesiensis
  • †Barbourofelis whitfordi

Barbourofelis is an extinct genus of large, predatory, feliform carnivoran mammals of the family Barbourofelidae (false saber-tooth cats). The genus was endemic to North America and Eurasia during the Miocene until its extinction during the Tortonian, living from 13.6 to 4.9 Ma.[1][2]

  1. ^ Rowan, J; Adrian, B; Grossman, Ari (2015). "The first skull of Sivameryx africanus (Anthracotheriidae, Bothriodontinae) from the early Miocene of East Africa". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 35 (4): e928305. Bibcode:2015JVPal..35E8305R. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.928305. S2CID 84817087.
  2. ^ Barbourofelis in the Paleobiology Database