Dinofelis

Dinofelis; Temporal range:
	Restoration of D. barlowi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Felidae
Subfamily:	†Machairodontinae
Tribe:	†Metailurini
Genus:	†Dinofelis; Zdansky, 1924
Type species
	Dinofelis cristata; (Falconer & Cautley, 1836)
Other species
	†Dinofelis aronoki Werdelin & Lewis, 2001; †Dinofelis barlowi (Broom, 1937); †Dinofelis darti (Toerien, 1955); †Dinofelis diastemata (Astre, 1929); †Dinofelis paleoonca (Meade, 1945); †Dinofelis petteri Werdelin & Lewis, 2001; †Dinofelis piveteaui (Ewer, 1955); †Dinofelis werdelini Jiangzuo et al., 2023;
Synonyms
	Dinofelis Therailurus; D. cristata Felis cristata Falconer & Cautley, 1836; Felis grandicristata Bose, 1880; Uncia cristata Cope, 1880; Uncia grandicristata Cope, 1880; Dinofelis abeli Zdansky, 1924; D. diastemata Felis diastemata Astre, 1929; Therailurus diastemata Piveteau, 1948;

Dinofelis is an extinct genus of machairodontine (sabre-toothed cat), usually classified in the tribe Metailurini. It was widespread in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America from 5 million to about 1.2 million years ago (early Pliocene to early Pleistocene). Fossils very similar to Dinofelis from Lothagam range back to around 8 million years ago, in the Late Miocene.^[1]^[2]^[3]

^ Werdelin, Lars & Lewis, Margaret E. (2001), "A revision of the genus Dinofelis (Mammalia, Felidae)", Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 132 (2): 147–258, doi:10.1006/zjls.2000.0260
^ Anton, Mauricio (2013). Sabertooth.
^ Madurell-Malapeira, Joan; Rodríguez-Hidalgo, Antonio; Aouraghe, Hassan; Haddoumi, Hamid; Lucenti, Saverio Bartolini; Oujaa, Aïcha; Saladié, Palmira; Bengamra, Said; Marín, Juan; Souhir, Mohamed; Farkouch, Mourad; Mhamdi, Hicham; Aissa, Al Mahdi; Werdelin, Lars; Chacón, M. Gema; Sala-Ramos, Robert (2021). "First small-sized Dinofelis: Evidence from the Plio-Pleistocene of North Africa". Quaternary Science Reviews. 265. Bibcode:2021QSRv..26507028M. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107028. S2CID 237702164.

Dinofelis Temporal range:

Restoration of D. barlowi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Felidae
Subfamily:	†Machairodontinae
Tribe:	†Metailurini
Genus:	†Dinofelis Zdansky, 1924
Type species
Dinofelis cristata (Falconer & Cautley, 1836)
Other species
†Dinofelis aronoki Werdelin & Lewis, 2001 †Dinofelis barlowi (Broom, 1937) †Dinofelis darti (Toerien, 1955) †Dinofelis diastemata (Astre, 1929) †Dinofelis paleoonca (Meade, 1945) †Dinofelis petteri Werdelin & Lewis, 2001 †Dinofelis piveteaui (Ewer, 1955) †Dinofelis werdelini Jiangzuo et al., 2023
Synonyms
Dinofelis Therailurus D. cristata Felis cristata Falconer & Cautley, 1836 Felis grandicristata Bose, 1880 Uncia cristata Cope, 1880 Uncia grandicristata Cope, 1880 Dinofelis abeli Zdansky, 1924 D. diastemata Felis diastemata Astre, 1929 Therailurus diastemata Piveteau, 1948