Afrosmilus
Sign in to saveAfrosmilus is a fossil genus of afrosmilin barbourofelin. It lived in Africa during the middle Miocene.
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Afrosmilus is a fossil genus of afrosmilin barbourofelin. It lived in Africa during the middle Miocene.
==Taxonomy and evolution== The species Pseudaelurus africanus was first described in 1914; in 1929 it was assigned to the new genus Afrosmilus by Miklós Kretzoi.
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