Eusmilus
Sign in to saveEusmilus ('true sabre') is a prehistoric genus of nimravid that lived in Europe and North America during the Late Eocene to Early Oligocene epochs (34.7–29.5 mya).
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Eusmilus ('true sabre') is a prehistoric genus of nimravid that lived in Europe and North America during the Late Eocene to Early Oligocene epochs (34.7–29.5 mya).
==Taxonomy== upright|thumb|left|E. bidentatus brain endocasts thumb|Jaw of E. bidentatus There are at least three valid species of Eusmilus, E. bidentatus and E. villebramarensis. Ekgmoiteptecela MacDonald, 1963 was synonymized with Eusmilus by some authors, but is actually synonymous with Hoplophoneus. The third species, E. adelos, was described in 2021, and stands as the largest species in the genus.