This article is about the extinct subfamily of cats Machairodontinae. For the similarly named subfamily of extinct carnivorous mammals, see Machaeroidinae.
"Sabercat" redirects here. For other uses, see Sabercat (disambiguation).
"Saber-toothed cat" redirects here. For other animals sometimes referred to as "saber-toothed cats", see Saber-toothed predator.
Machairodontinae
Temporal range: Miocene – Holocene
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Homotherium venezuelensis, Machairodus aphanistus, Metailurus sp. and Smilodon fatalis
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Carnivora
Suborder:
Feliformia
Family:
Felidae
Subfamily:
†Machairodontinae Gill, 1872
Subgroups
†Homotherini
†Machairodontini
†Metailurini
†Smilodontini
Machairodontinae is an extinct subfamily of carnivoran mammals of the family Felidae (true cats). They were found in Asia, Africa, North America, South America, and Europe from the Miocene to the Pleistocene, living from about 16 million until about 10,000 years ago.[1][2]
The Machairodontinae contain many of the extinct predators commonly known as "saber-toothed cats", including the famed genus Smilodon, as well as other cats with only minor increases in the size and length of their maxillary canines. The name means "dagger-tooth", from Greek μάχαιρα (machaira), sword. Sometimes, other carnivorous mammals with elongated teeth are also called saber-toothed cats, although they do not belong to the felids. Besides the machairodonts, other saber-toothed predators also arose in the nimravids, barbourofelids, machaeroidines, hyaenodonts and even in two groups of metatherians (the thylacosmilid sparassodonts and the deltatheroideans).[3]
^Paleobiology Database: Machairodontinae basic info
Machairodontinae is an extinct subfamily of carnivoran mammals of the family Felidae (true cats). They were found in Asia, Africa, North America, South...
Smilodon is a genus of felids belonging to the extinct subfamily Machairodontinae. It is one of the best known saber-toothed predators and prehistoric...
subfamilies and a group of extinct "saber-tooth" felids of the subfamily Machairodontinae, which range from the type genus Machairodus of the late Miocene to...
machairodonts. It is also a member of the tribe Homotherini within Machairodontinae and is most closely related to such species as Xenosmilus, Homotherium...
during the late Miocene. It is the animal from which the subfamily Machairodontinae gets its name and has since become a wastebasket taxon over the years...
Turner, A (1987). "Megantereon cultridens (Cuvier) (Mammalia, Felidae, Machairodontinae) from Plio-Pleistocene Deposits in Africa and Eurasia, with Comments...
the Felini and Pantherini, and excluding the extinct sabre-toothed Machairodontinae. The members of the Felinae have retractile claws that are protected...
(660–770 lb). Xenosmilus is in the tribe Homotherini in the subfamily Machairodontinae of the cat family. A paper published in 2022 proposed that Xenosmilus...
Felinae, the Pantherinae, the Acinonychinae (cheetahs), the extinct Machairodontinae, and the extinct Proailurinae. Molecular phylogenetic analysis suggests...
degrees, the biggest of extant carnivora, a trait shared by the extinct Machairodontinae subfamily. The Sunda clouded leopard has longer upper canine teeth...
Paramachaerodus is an extinct genus of saber-tooth cat of the subfamily Machairodontinae, which was endemic to Europe and Asia during the Middle and Late Miocene...
years. Thought to be an independent lineage from the Nimravidae and Machairodontinae, which had all attained elongated canines, recent research argues that...
allowing them to consume bones; some extinct groups, notably the Machairodontinae, had saber-shaped canines. Some physiological carnivores consume plant...
Lokotunjailurus is an extinct genus of saber-toothed cats (Machairodontinae) which existed during the late Miocene and earliest Pliocene epoch and is known...
continents. Examples of these include the placental sabre-toothed cats (Machairodontinae) and the South American marsupial sabre-tooth (Thylacosmilus); the...
relatively small cheek teeth. The phylogenetic status of Dinofelis within Machairodontinae has been difficult to ascertain historically, and various positions...
Smilodontini is an extinct tribe within the Machairodontinae or "saber-toothed cat" subfamily of the Felidae. The tribe is also known as the "dirk-toothed...
Within Felidae, they had been traditionally considered to belong in Machairodontinae, albeit some have in the past proposed a relationship to Pantherinae...
makhaira or machaira in their names. Machairoceratops Machairasaurus Machairodontinae Makhaira Makaira Gordon, p. 24 For a good summary of the evidence,...
Nimravidae, feliforms of which some members are called "sabre-toothed cats" Machairodontinae, the group of felids commonly called "sabre-toothed cats" Lightsaber...
(2014). "A new record of the saber-toothed cat Megantereon (Felidae, Machairodontinae) from an Early Pleistocene Gigantopithecus fauna, Yanliang Cave, Fusui...
Rhizosmilodon is an extinct genus of saber-tooth cat of the subfamily Machairodontinae that lived during the Early Pliocene and was discovered in the U.S...
allowing them to consume bones; some extinct groups, notably the Machairodontinae, had saber-shaped canines. Some physiological carnivores consume plant...
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