Miomachairodus
Miomachairodus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Felidae |
Subfamily: | †Machairodontinae |
Genus: | †Miomachairodus Schmidt-Kittler 1976 |
Species | |
†M. pseudaeluroides |
Miomachairodus is an extinct genus of large saber-toothed cats of the subfamily Machairodontinae. It is known from Miocene-age fossils in China and Turkey and persisted until the Late Miocene (early Vallesian).[1] Fossils of this machairodont have been found in the Vallesian-age Bahe Formation in Shaanxi, China, and Yeni Eskihisar in Anatolia. This Turkish site is of Miocene age and is well known for its pollen studies.[2]
References
- ^ Paleobiology Database: Miomachairodus Basic info.
- ^ Fortelius, Mikael. Geology and paleontology of the Miocene Sinap Formation, Turkey.