Rhizosmilodon
| Rhizosmilodon Temporal range: Early Pliocene | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Subfamily: | †Machairodontinae |
| Tribe: | †Smilodontini |
| Genus: | †Rhizosmilodon Wallace & Hulbert, 2013 |
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Rhizosmilodon is an extinct genus of saber-tooth cat of the subfamily Machairodontinae that lived during the Early Pliocene and was discovered in the U.S. state of Florida.[1]
References
- ↑ Wallace, S. C.; Hulbert, R. C. (2013). Larson, Greger, ed. "A New Machairodont from the Palmetto Fauna (Early Pliocene) of Florida, with Comments on the Origin of the Smilodontini (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae)". PLoS ONE 8 (3): e56173. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056173. PMC 3596359. PMID 23516394.