†tribe Nimravini Cope 1880 (false sabre-tooth)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1880. On the extinct cats of America. The American Naturalist 14(12):833-858

Parent taxon: Nimravidae according to P. Z. Barrett 2016

See also Bryant 1996 and Cope 1880

Sister taxa: Aelurogale, Barbourofelinae, Dinictis, Eusmilus insignis, Hoplophoneini, Maofelis, Nimravinae, Pangurban, Pogonodon

Subtaxa: Dinaelurus Nimravus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Arikareean of United States (5: California, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota collections)

• Oligocene of France (11), Georgia (1), Germany (2), Mongolia (4), United States (10: California, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota)

• Eocene of Mongolia (2), Thailand (1)

Total: 36 collections including 37 occurrences

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