Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Parent taxon: Smilodontini according to S. C. Wallace and R. C. Hulbert 2013
See also Alroy 2002, Berta and Galiano 1983, Carroll 1988, Kurten 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Kurtén and Werdelin 1990, Liu 2005, Martin 1998 and Slater and Van Valkenburgh 2008
Sister taxa: Rhizosmilodon, Smilodon
Subtaxa: Megantereon cultridens Megantereon eurynodon Megantereon falconeri Megantereon gracilis Megantereon hesperus Megantereon inexpectatus Megantereon megantereon Megantereon nihowanensis Megantereon whitei
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (2 collections), France (5), Georgia (1), Greece (2), Israel (1), Italy (1), Kenya (5), Romania (1), South Africa (6), Spain (6)
• Blancan of United States (4: Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (1), France (1), Greece (2), Kenya (4), South Africa (4), Spain (1)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (5), France (1), Kenya (2), Romania (1), Slovakia (1), South Africa (2), Spain (1), Tajikistan (1), Tanzania (2), Ukraine (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (3: Florida)
• Miocene of Chad (1), Pakistan (1)
Total: 69 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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