Amphimachairodus
Extinct genus of carnivores / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Amphimachairodus is an extinct genus of large machairodonts.[2] It is also a member of the tribe Homotherini within Machairodontinae and is most closely related to such species as Xenosmilus, Homotherium itself, and Nimravides. It inhabited Eurasia, Northern Africa and North America during the late Miocene epoch.[3][4]
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Amphimachairodus | |
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A. giganteus skull | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Felidae |
Subfamily: | †Machairodontinae |
Tribe: | †Homotherini |
Genus: | †Amphimachairodus Kretzoi, 1929 |
Type species | |
†Amphimachairodus palanderi (Zdansky 1924) sensu Kretzoi, 1929 | |
Other Species[1] | |
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Synonyms | |
Synonyms of A. coloradensis
Synonyms of A. giganteus
Synonyms of A. horribilis
Synonyms of A. palanderi
Synonyms of A. kabir
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