Xenosmilus hodsonae Martin et al. 2000 (cat)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Full reference: L. D. Martin, J. P. Babiarz, V. L. Naples and J. Hearst. 2000. Three ways to be a saber-toothed cat. Naturwissenschaften 87:41-44

Belongs to Xenosmilus according to L. D. Martin et al. 2000

Sister taxon: Xenosmilus venezuelensis

Type specimen: BIOPSI 101, a skeleton. Its type locality is Haile 21A, which is in an Irvingtonian terrestrial horizon in Florida.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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