Barbourofelidae

Barbourofelidae; Temporal range: Miocene,
	Barbourofelis loveorum at the Florida Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	†Barbourofelidae; Schultz, et al., 1970
Genera
	†Ginsburgsmilus; †Syrtosmilus; †Vampyrictis; †Oriensmilus; Tribe †Afrosmilini †Afrosmilus; †Prosansanosmilus; †Jinomrefu; ; Tribe †Barbourofelini †Albanosmilus; †Barbourofelis; †Sansanosmilus; ;

Barbourofelidae is an extinct family of carnivorans of the suborder Feliformia, sometimes known as false saber-toothed cats, that lived in North America, Eurasia and Africa during the Miocene epoch (16.9—9.0 million years ago) and existed for about 7.9 million years. Thought to be an independent lineage from the Nimravidae and Machairodontinae, which had all attained elongated canines, recent research argues that it may be a subfamily of the Nimravidae, extending its biochronological range into the Miocene, although this issue is not yet fully resolved.

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