Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae

Full reference: X. Wang, S.C. White, and J. Guan. 2020. A new genus and species of sabretooth, Oriensmilus liupanensis (Barbourofelinae, Nimravidae, Carnivora), from the middle Miocene of China suggests barbourofelines are nimravids, not felids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18(9):783-803

Parent taxon: Barbourofelinae according to X. Wang et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Afrosmilini, Albanosmilus, Barbourofelis, Ginsburgsmilus, Prosansanosmilus, Sansanosmilus, Syrtosmilus, Vampyrictis

Subtaxa: Oriensmilus liupanensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Oriensmilus in the database

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