†Rhizosmilodon Wallace and Hulbert 2013 (cat)
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Full reference: S. C. Wallace and R. C. Hulbert. 2013. 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):e561734
Parent taxon: Smilodontini according to S. C. Wallace and R. C. Hulbert 2013
Sister taxa: Megantereon, Smilodon
Subtaxa: Rhizosmilodon fiteae
Type: Rhizosmilodon fiteae
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution: found only at Gardinier Mine ( to Pliocene of Florida)
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