Prosansanosmilus Temporal range:
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Prosansanosmilus mandible | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | †Barbourofelidae |
Tribe: | †Afrosmilini |
Genus: | †Prosansanosmilus Heizmann, Ginsburg, & Bulot, 1980 |
Type species | |
Prosansanosmilus peregrinus Heizmann, Ginsburg, & Bulot, 1980
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Prosansanosmilus is an extinct genus of barbourofelid that lived in Europe during the Late Miocene epoch (16.9—7.246 mya), existing for approximately 9.654 million years.[1] It contains Prosansanosmilus peregrinus, which died out in the Miocene epoch.