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Dinofelis
Sign in to saveDinofelis is an extinct genus of machairodontine (sabre-toothed cat), usually classified in the tribe Metailurini. It was widespread in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America from 5 million to about 1.2 million years ago (early Pliocene to early Pleistocene). Fossils very similar to Dinofelis from Lothagam range back to around 8 million years ago, in the Late Miocene.
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Dinofelis is an extinct genus of machairodontine (sabre-toothed cat), usually classified in the tribe Metailurini. It was widespread in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America from 5 million to about 1.2 million years ago (early Pliocene to early Pleistocene). Fossils very similar to Dinofelis from Lothagam range back to around 8 million years ago, in the Late Miocene.
==Discovery and naming== The genus Dinofelis was originally named by Otto Zdansky in 1924 for the species Dinofelis abeli.
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Fossil taxa described in 1924MetailuriniPleistocene carnivoransPleistocene genus extinctionsPleistocene mammals of AfricaPleistocene mammals of AsiaPleistocene mammals of EuropePleistocene mammals of North AmericaPliocene carnivoransPliocene first appearancesPliocene mammals of AfricaPliocene mammals of Asia