Sivasmilus information

Sivasmilus Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
The holotype of Sivasmilus copei as depicted by Pilgrim (1915).
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	†Barbourofelidae
Genus:	†Sivasmilus Kretzoi, 1929
Type species
†Sivasmilus copei Kretzoi, 1929
Chinji locality Show map of Punjab, Pakistan Chinji locality Show map of Pakistan
Map showing the location of the Chinji locality in Punjab, Pakistan.

Sivasmilus is a fossil genus of barbourofelid (false saber-toothed cat) containing only a single species, Sivasmilus copei. It is known from only a single specimen, a partial mandible collected from the Chinji Formation in the Lower Siwaliks in Pakistan, estimated to be from the Miocene. The fossil was originally described in 1915 when it was assigned to the fossil feline Sivaelurus chinjiensis, but was used as the basis of a new genus and species in 1929 by Hungarian paleontologist Miklós Kretzoi. Sivasmilus copei was a relatively small, cat-like animal.