the new genus Afrosmilus by Miklós Kretzoi. A second species Afrosmilus turkanae was described in 1987. In 2001, a third species, Afrosmilus hispanicus,...
later reassigned, first to the genus Metailurus, and then finally to Afrosmilus. In Asia, the first description of Pseudaelurus was in 1910, when a fragmentary...
Hyainailouros sulzeri Restoration of H. sulzeri (far left), Cynelos eurydon, Afrosmilus africanus and H. napakensis (far right) Scientific classification Domain:...
present or not. Kretzoi thought that Sivasmilus lies evolutionary between Afrosmilus africanus and Propontosmilus sivalensis [=Paramachaerodus orientalis]...
hyaenodont Exiguodon, while larger predators include the barbourofelid Afrosmilus, the bear-dog Cynelos as well as a variety of hyaenodonts such as Hyainailourus...
reptiles. The following fossils are reported from the formation: Mammals Afrosmilus africanus Apodecter stromeri Bathyergoides neotertiarius Diamantomys luederitzi...
Barbourofelidae; the fossil material had been previously identified as Afrosmilus turkanae. "PaleoBiology Database: Ginsburgsmilus, basic info". Archived...
match those of European pseudaelurines. Similarities to the barbourofelid Afrosmilus, which was originally considered to have been a feline, have been noted...
approximately the size of the smallest living cats. AfrosmilusAfrosmilus africanus Afrosmilus turkanae Grit/Fossil Bed Member Kibanga Member A genus...
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