Temporal range: Middle to Late Miocene 13.6–4.9 Ma
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B. loveorum, Florida Museum of Natural History Fossil Hall at the University of Florida
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Carnivora
Suborder:
Feliformia
Family:
†Barbourofelidae
Tribe:
†Barbourofelini
Genus:
†Barbourofelis Schultz, Schultz & Martin, 1970
Type species
†Barbourofelis fricki
Schultz, Schultz & Martin, 1970
Other Species
†Barbourofelis loveorum
†Barbourofelis morrisi
†Barbourofelis piveteaui
†Barbourofelis vallesiensis
†Barbourofelis whitfordi
Barbourofelis is an extinct genus of large, predatory, feliform carnivoran mammals of the family Barbourofelidae (false saber-tooth cats). The genus was endemic to North America and Eurasia during the Miocene until its extinction during the Tortonian, living from 13.6 to 4.9 Ma.[1][2]
^Rowan, J; Adrian, B; Grossman, Ari (2015). "The first skull of Sivameryx africanus (Anthracotheriidae, Bothriodontinae) from the early Miocene of East Africa". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 35 (4): e928305. Bibcode:2015JVPal..35E8305R. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.928305. S2CID 84817087.
Based on its foot structure, species of Barbourofelis might have had a semi-plantigrade walking stance. Barbourofelis also had large carnassial teeth, meant...
Epicyon shared territory with the bear Agriotherium and the feliform Barbourofelis, machairodont feline Amphimachairodus coloradensis, and fellow canid...
the need for functional incisors, while carnivorans like Smilodon and Barbourofelis still have a full set of incisors. However, evidence in the form of...
in Africa and Eurasia, but also shared territory with the feliform Barbourofelis and the canids such as Vulpes, Epicyon and Borophagus, and herbivores...
clades with less integrated skulls. A study on the cranial mechanics of Barbourofelis fricki and Smilodon fatalis is published by Figueirido, Tucker & Lautenschlager...
remarkable evolutionary convergence with other saber-toothed mammals like Barbourofelis and Smilodon. The family Thylacosmilidae was originally erected by Riggs...
dirk-toothed phenotype, apparent in Smilodon, Megantereon and the feliform Barbourofelis (just to list a few), their upper canines were smaller than those of...
be a senior synonym of S. vallesiensis), is more closely related to Barbourofelis than to the type species of Sansanosmilus and thus generically distinct...
participated in fieldwork and prepared specimens at the museum. The genus Barbourofelis of false saber-toothed cats was named in his honor; the B. fricki holotype...
the bone-cracking canid Epicyon and the massive feliform sabertooth Barbourofelis, which it lived alongside in Texas, as evidenced by fossil deposits...
Pratifelis was larger than the extant cougar. The largest barbourofelid was Barbourofelis fricki, with the shoulder height of 90 cm (35 in). The largest viverrid...
was contemporary with the bear Agriotherium as well as the feliform Barbourofelis, the saber-toothed machairodont cat Amphimachairodus coloradensis and...
River, USA Smilodon, Megalonyx (Giant Sloth), Dire Wolf, Eusmilus, Barbourofelis and Teleoceras. 3 Boneheads Hell Creek, USA. Pachycephalosaurus, Homalocephale...
the University of Nebraska State Museum. 10. Baskin, Jon A. (1981). "Barbourofelis (Nimravidae) and Nimravides (Felidae), with a Description of Two New...
†Thylacosmilus Order Diprotodontia †Thylacoleo Clade Eutheria Order Carnivora Barbourofelis Order †Litopterna †Thoatherium †Diadiaphorus Order Sirenia Trichechus...
Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z †Barbourofelis †Barbourofelis fricki †Bassaricyonoides – type locality for genus †Bassaricyonoides...
Cap Rock & Merritt Dam Members. Abundant remains. A borophagine dog. Barbourofelis B. fricki Channel deposits resting on upper part of the formation. A...
; Wang, Xiaoming (2010-01-29). "Discovery of the upper dentition of Barbourofelis whitfordi (Nimravidae, Carnivora) and an evaluation of the genus in...
Astrapotherium Australopithecus afarensis Australopithecus africanus Barbourofelis (unidentified, seen on the cover of the book) Barylambda (identified...
locality for species †Baiomys rexroadi – type locality for species †Barbourofelis Bassariscus †Bassariscus casei – type locality for species †Bassariscus...
spatula Baiomys Balearica †Barbourofelis †Barbourofelis fricki †Barbourofelis morrisi – type locality for species †Barbourofelis whitfordi – type locality...
Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z †Barbourofelis †Barbourofelis whitfordi †Barbouromeryx †Barbouromeryx trigonocorneus †Bathornis...
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