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Nimravus
Extinct genus of carnivores / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nimravus is an extinct genus of "false" saber-toothed cat in the family Nimravidae known from North America, Asia and Europe during the late Eocene and Oligocene epochs 35.3—26.3 mya[1], existing for approximately 9 million years. Not closely related to true saber-toothed cats, they evolved a similar form through parallel evolution. Fossils have been uncovered in the western U.S. from Oregon to southern California and Nebraska.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | †Nimravidae |
Subfamily: | †Nimravinae |
Genus: | †Nimravus Cope, 1879 |
Type species | |
†Nimravus brachyops Cope, 1879 | |
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