Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae
Full reference: C. B. Schultz, M. Schultz, and L. D. Martin. 1970. A new Tribe of Saber-toothed cats (Barbourofelini) from the Pliocene of North America. Bulletin of the Nebraska State Museum 9(1):1-31
Parent taxon: Barbourofelinae according to H. N. Bryant 1991
See also Flynn and Galiano 1982, Martin 1998, Schultz et al. 1970, Slater and Van Valkenburgh 2008 and Tseng et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Afrosmilini, Albanosmilus, Ginsburgsmilus, Oriensmilus, Prosansanosmilus, Sansanosmilus, Syrtosmilus, Vampyrictis
Subtaxa: Barbourofelis fricki Barbourofelis loveorum Barbourofelis morrisi Barbourofelis piveteaui Barbourofelis vallesiensis Barbourofelis whitfordi
Type: Barbourofelis fricki
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (4: Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma collections)
• Miocene of United States (18: California, Florida, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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