Miomachairodus
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| Miomachairodus Fossil range: Middle Miocene to Late Miocene |
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Miomachairodus was the earliest genus of machairodontine saber-toothed cats. It is known from Africa and Turkey since the middle Miocene. Miomachairodus coexisted together with the barbourofelid Barbourofelis in Anatolia and survived until the Late Miocene (early Vallesian).
[edit] References
- Jordi Augusti: Mammoths, Sabertooths and Hominids 65 Million Years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe, Columbia University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-231-11640-3
- Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende, Michael Morlo & Doris Nagel. "Fossils explained 52 Majestic killers: the sabre-toothed cats". Geology Today 22 (4): 150.
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