Metailurus

Metailurus
Temporal range: Tortonian - Late Pleistocene,
Metailurus skeleton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Machairodontinae
Tribe: Metailurini
Genus: Metailurus
Zdansky, 1924
Type species
Metailurus major
Zdansky, 1924
Other Species
  • M. boodon Belyaeva, 1948
  • M. major Zdansky, 1924
  • M. mongoliensis Colbert, 1939
  • M. ultimus Li, 2014
  • M. hengduanshanensis Zong et al, 1996
Range of Metailurus based on fossil record

Metailurus is a genus of saber-toothed cat in the family Felidae, and belonging to the tribe Metailurini, which occurred in North America, Eurasia and Africa from the Miocene to the Middle Pleistocene.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press. p. 631. ISBN 978-0-231-11013-6.
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Metailurus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ Antón, Mauricio (2013-11-22). Sabertooth. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253010490.

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