Nimravides

Nimravides
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Nimravides catocopis skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: †Machairodontinae
Tribe: †Homotherini
Genus: †Nimravides
Kitts 1958
Type species
Nimravides thinobates
(Macdonald, 1948)
Other Species
  • N. catocopis (Cope, 1887)
  • N. pedionomus (MacDonald, 1948)
  • N. hibbardi (Dalquest, 1969)
  • N. galiani Baskin, 1981
Synonyms

N. catocopis

  • Machaerodus catacopsis Cope, 1887
  • Machairodus catacopsis
  • Nimravides catacopsis
  • Nimravides catocopsis (misspelling)

N. thinobates

  • Pseudaelurus thinobates MacDonald, 1948

N. pedionomus

  • Pseudaelurus pedionomus

N. hibbardi

  • Pseudaelurus hibbardi

Nimravides is a genus of extinct saber-toothed cats that lived in North America during the Late Miocene, between 10.3 and 5.332 Ma.[1] Despite its scientific name, Nimravides does not belong to the Nimravidae, but is a true cat belonging to the family Felidae.[2]

  1. ^ Nimravides in the Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ Larry D.Martin (1998). Felidae in Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America, Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, Ungulatelike Mammals. Cambridge University Press.