Miomachairodus is an extinct genus of large machairodontine (saber-toothed cat) containing only a single species, Miomachairodus pseudailuroides. It is known from Miocene-age fossils in China and Turkey and persisted until the Late Miocene (early Vallesian).[1] Fossils of this machairodont have been found in the Vallesian-age Bahe Formation in Shaanxi, China, and Yeni Eskihisar in Anatolia. This Turkish site is of Miocene age and is well known for its pollen studies.[2]
^Miomachairodus in the Paleobiology Database
^Fortelius, Mikael. Geology and paleontology of the Miocene Sinap Formation, Turkey.
Miomachairodus is an extinct genus of large machairodontine (saber-toothed cat) containing only a single species, Miomachairodus pseudailuroides. It is...
canines, they were adapted to prey on large-bodied megaherbivores. Miomachairodus is the oldest known member of this subfamily. Metailurus lived in Africa...
evolution. The earliest known machairodont genus is the middle Miocene Miomachairodus from Africa and Turkey. Until the late Miocene, machairodontines co-existed...
robinsoni was described in 1976. It was at one point referred to the genus Miomachairodus. Machairodus laskarevi was described in 1978. Machairodus alberdiae...
low-sinuosity and were braided, to anastomosing types. Paleobiology Database. "Miomachairodus details". Kaakinen, Anu (2003). "Sedimentation of the Late Miocene Bahe...
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