Barbourofelis

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Barbourofelis
Fossil range: Late Miocene
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Barbourofelidae
Genus: Barbourofelis
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Species
  • B. fricki
  • B. loveorum
  • B. morrisi
  • B. osborni
  • B. piveteaui
  • B. vallensiensis
  • B. whitfordi

The lion-sized Barbourofelis was one of the most recent members of the Barbourofelidae family. It lived during the late Miocene (15 million - 6 million years ago) and had the longest canines of all the nimravids. They had very prominent flanges on the lower jaws and an unusually shaped skull. The Barbourofelids were probably very muscular, resembling a bear-like lion or lion-like bear.

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