Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 65494

Parent taxon: Felidae according to M. Antón et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Aeluropsis, Catolynx, Cynaelurus, Diamantofelis, Dinofelis, Drepanodon, Epimachairodus, Felinae, Katifelis, Lokotunjailurus, Mellivorodon, Miracinonyx, Namafelis, Pantherinae, Plethaelurus, Propontosmilus, Pseudaelurus, Sivaelurus, Sivafelis, Sivasmilus, Uncia, Vinayakia, Viretailurus, Vishnufelis, Yoshi

Subtaxa: Hemimachairodus, Homotheriini, Machairodontini, Metailurini, Paramachaerodus, Promegantereon, Smilodontini

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Type: Machairodus

Ecology: scansorial insectivore