Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae
Parent taxon: Feliformia according to S. Tomiya 2011
See also Bryant 1991, Carroll 1988, Cope 1889, de Bonis et al. 2019, Flynn and Galiano 1982, Poust et al. 2022, Tseng et al. 2010 and Wesley-Hunt and Werdelin 2005
Sister taxa: Aeluroida, Aeluroidea, Alagtsavbaatar, Asiavorator, Didymictida, Feloidea, Nandiniidae, Palaeogalidae
Subtaxa: Aelurogale Barbourofelinae Dinictis Eusmilus insignis Hoplophoneini Maofelis Nimravinae Nimravini Pangurban Pogonodon
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (4: Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma collections)
• Miocene of China (2), France (6), Germany (4), Hungary (1), Kenya (1), Namibia (3), Slovakia (1), Spain (3), Uganda (2), Ukraine (1), United States (18: California, Florida, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas)
• Arikareean of United States (7: California, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota)
• Oligocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan), France (17), Georgia (1), Germany (6), Mongolia (4), Spain (2), Switzerland (1), United States (49: California, Colorado, Florida, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Eocene to Oligocene of France (1), United States (2: Wyoming)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), China (3), France (1), Mongolia (2), Thailand (1), United States (21: California, Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 167 collections including 208 occurrences