Biology:Adeilosmilus

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Short description: Extinct genus of carnivores

Adeilosmilus
Temporal range: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Machairodontinae
Genus: Adeilosmilus
Jiangzuo, Werdelin, and Sun et al., 2022
Species:
A. kabir
Binomial name
Adeilosmilus kabir
Peigné et al., (2005)

Adeilosmilus is an extinct genus of saber-toothed cats that lived during the Late Miocene to Early Pliocene of what is now Chad.

Etymology

The genus name, Adeilosmilus, is derived from adeilos, meaning "fearless" and smilus, meaning "saber".[1]

References

  1. Jiangzuo, Q.; Werdelin, L.; Sun, Y. (2022). "A dwarf sabertooth cat (Felidae: Machairodontinae) from Shanxi, China, and the phylogeny of the sabertooth tribe Machairodontini". Quaternary Science Reviews 284: Article 107517. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107517. 

Wikidata ☰ Q113011945 entry