Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Parent taxon: Machairodontinae according to A. Berta and H. Galiano 1983
See also Slater and Van Valkenburgh 2008
Sister taxa: Dinofelis, Hemimachairodus, Machairodontini, Paramachaerodus, Smilodontini
Subtaxa: Adelphailurus Metailurus Pontosmilus Stenailurus Therailurus Yoshi
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Nebraska collection)
• Pliocene of China (1), South Africa (3)
• Turolian of Bulgaria (1), China (1), Greece (2), North Macedonia (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Türkiye (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (5: Arizona, Kansas, Oklahoma)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Kenya (1), South Africa (1)
• Miocene of China (5), Greece (3), Kenya (3), Moldova (1), Romania (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 34 collections including 37 occurrences