Metailurus
Sign in to saveMetailurus is a genus of saber-toothed cat in the family Felidae, and belonging to the tribe Metailurini, which occurred in North America, Eurasia and Africa from the Miocene to the Middle Pleistocene.
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Metailurus is a genus of saber-toothed cat in the family Felidae, and belonging to the tribe Metailurini, which occurred in North America, Eurasia and Africa from the Miocene to the Middle Pleistocene.
==History and taxonomy== The genus Metailurus was described by Zdansky in 1924 for the two species Metailurus major and Metailurus minor.
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Cenozoic mammals of AfricaCenozoic mammals of EuropeCenozoic mammals of North AmericaFossil taxa described in 1924MetailuriniMiocene felidsNeogene mammals of AsiaPliocene carnivoransPliocene extinctionsPrehistoric carnivoran generaTaxonbars with multiple manual Wikidata itemsTaxonbars without secondary Wikidata taxon IDs