Afrosmilus
Extinct genus of barbourofelid / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Afrosmilus is a fossil genus of afrosmilin barbourofelid. It lived in Africa during the middle Miocene.
Quick Facts Afrosmilus Temporal range: Middle Miocene, Scientific classification ...
Afrosmilus Temporal range: Middle Miocene | |
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Restoration of Hyainailouros sulzeri (far left), Cynelos eurydon, Afrosmilus africanus and Hyainailouros napakensis (far right) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | †Barbourofelidae |
Tribe: | †Afrosmilini |
Genus: | †Afrosmilus Kretzoi, 1929 |
Type species | |
†Afrosmilus africanus (Andrews, 1914) | |
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