Promegantereon
Extinct genus of carnivores / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Promegantereon is an extinct genus of machairodont from the Miocene of Europe. It is one of the oldest machairodont cat species in the Smilodontini and is believed to be an ancestor of Megantereon and Smilodon.[1]
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Promegantereon | |
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Restoration by Mauricio Antón | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Felidae |
Subfamily: | †Machairodontinae |
Tribe: | †Smilodontini |
Genus: | †Promegantereon Kretzoi, 1938 |
Type species | |
Promegantereon ogygia (Kaup, 1832) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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