Prosansanosmilus

Prosansanosmilus
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Prosansanosmilus mandible
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Other Species
  • Prosansanosmilus eggeri Morlo, Peigné & Nagel, 2004

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.