Smilodontini
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| Smilodontini Temporal range: Middle Miocene–Late Pleistocene | |
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| Smilodon californicus fossil at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Subfamily: | †Machairodontinae |
| Tribe: | †Smilodontini Kretzoi, 1929 |
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Smilodontini is an extinct tribe of "saber-toothed cats", contained within the Machairodontinae subfamily of the Felidae. They were endemic to South America, North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa during the Miocene to Pleistocene, from 10.3 mya—11,000 years ago, existing for approximately 10.289 million years.[1]
As the name suggests, the famous genus of Smilodon is part of this group, but there are also two other distinct genera in Smilodontini. This tribe came into being about the genus Paramachairodus and only became extinct 10,000 years ago with Smilodon. All of these are sabre-toothed cats, meaning that they have long narrow upper canines and stocky, well muscled proportions.
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