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Encyclopedia > Metailurini
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Metailurini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Machairodontinae
Tribe: Metailurini
Genera

Dinofelis
Metailurus
Adelphailurus
Stenailurus
Pontosmilus (Paramachairodus) Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Subclass Multituberculata (extinct) Plagiaulacida Cimolodonta Subclass Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Subclass Triconodonta (extinct) Subclass Placentalia Afrosoricida Artiodactyla Carnivora Cetacea Chiroptera Cimolesta (extinct) Creodonta (extinct) Condylarthra (extinct) Dermoptera Desmostylia (extinct) Embrithopoda (extinct) Hyracoidea Insectivora Lagomorpha Litopterna (extinct) Macroscelidea Mesonychia (extinct) Notoungulata (extinct) Perissodactyla Pholidota Plesiadapiformes (extinct) Primates Proboscidea Rodentia Scandentia Sirenia Taeniodonta... Families Ailuridae Amphicyonidae † Canidae Felidae Herpestidae Hyaenidae Mephitidae Miacidae † Mustelidae Nandiniidae Nimravidae † Odobenidae Otariidae Phocidae Procyonidae Ursidae Viverravidae † Viverridae The diverse order Carnivora includes over 260 placental mammals. ... Subfamilies Felinae Pantherinae Acinonychinae Machairodontinae (extinct) Cats are members of the family Felidae. ... Tribes Metailurini Homotheriini Smilodontini Machairodontinae is a subfamily of the Felidae, the family which contains all true cats. ... Dinofelis is a genus of machairodontin saber-toothed cats belong to the tribe Metailurini that lived in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America approximately 5-1. ... Metailurus is a genus of machairodontine saber-toothed cats belonging to the tribe Metailurini that lived in Europe and Asia approximately 9-6 million years ago. ... Paramachairodus is the oldest known true saber-toothed cat. ...

Metailurini is a tribe of extinct machairodontine saber-toothed cats. They existed from the Miocene to early Pleistocene, and most of species were found in Eurasia and all were scimitar-toothed (having broad and mildy elongated upper canines). Like most extinct cats, the majority of species in Metailurini are known only from fragments, so the systematic position and taxonomy of these creatures is debatable. Tribes Metailurini Homotheriini Smilodontini Machairodontinae is a subfamily of the Felidae, the family which contains all true cats. ... The term saber-toothed cat describes numerous cat-like species that lived during various parts of the Cenozoic and evolved their saber-toothed characteristics entirely independently. ... The Miocene epoch is a period of time that extends from about 23 to 5. ... The Pleistocene Epoch is part of the geologic timescale. ...



The best known genera in this tribe are Dinofelis and Metailurus. Dinofelis is a genus of machairodontin saber-toothed cats belong to the tribe Metailurini that lived in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America approximately 5-1. ... Metailurus is a genus of machairodontine saber-toothed cats belonging to the tribe Metailurini that lived in Europe and Asia approximately 9-6 million years ago. ...


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Metailurini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (88 words)
Metailurini is a tribe of extinct machairodontine saber-toothed cats.
They existed from the Miocene to early Pleistocene, and most of species were found in Eurasia and all were scimitar-toothed (having broad and mildy elongated upper canines).
Like most extinct cats, the majority of species in Metailurini are known only from fragments, so the systematic position and taxonomy of these creatures is debatable.
Encyclopedia: Metailurini (375 words)
Tribes Metailurini Homotheriini Smilodontini Machairodontinae is a subfamily of the Felidae, the family which contains all true cats.
Dinofelis is a genus of metailurini that lived in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America approximately 5-1.
The term saber-toothed cat describes numerous cat-like species of the that lived during various parts of the Cenozoic that evolved their saber-toothed characteristics entirely independently.
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