Amphimachairodus

Amphimachairodus; Temporal range: Late Miocene
	A. giganteus skull
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Felidae
Subfamily:	†Machairodontinae
Tribe:	†Homotherini
Genus:	†Amphimachairodus; Kretzoi, 1929
Type species
	†Amphimachairodus palanderi; (Zdansky 1924) sensu Kretzoi, 1929
Other Species
	A. alvarezi Ruiz-Ramoni et al., 2019 ; A. coloradensis (Cook, 1922) ; A. giganteus (Wagner, 1848) ; A. hezhengensis Jiangzuo et al., 2023 ; A. horribilis (Schlosser, 1903) ; A. kabir (Peigne et al., 2005) ; A. kurteni? (Sotnikova, 1992);
Synonyms
	Synonyms of A. coloradensis Machairodus coloradensis Cook, 1922 ; Synonyms of A. giganteus Machairodus giganteus ; Synonyms of A. horribilis Machairodus horribilis Schlosser, 1903 ; Machairodus tingii Zdansky, 1934 ; Amphimachairodus tingii (Zdansky, 1934) ; Machairodus irtychensis Orlov, 1936 ; Amphimachairodus irtychensis (Orlov, 1936) ; Synonyms of A. palanderi Machairodus palanderi ; Machairodus kurteni? Sotnikova, 1992 ; Amphimachairodus kurteni? ; Synonyms of A. kabir Machairodus kabir Peigne et al., 2005 ; Adeilosmilus kabir ;

Amphimachairodus is an extinct genus of large machairodonts. It is also a member of the tribe Homotherini within Machairodontinae and is most closely related to such species as Xenosmilus, Homotherium itself, and Nimravides. It inhabited Eurasia, Northern Africa and North America during the late Miocene epoch.

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