Barbourofelidae

Albanosmilus jourdani

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Feloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Ferae Cladus: Pancarnivora Cladus: Carnivoramorpha Cladus: Carnivoraformes Ordo: Carnivora Subordo: Feliformia Infraordo: Aeluroidea Superfamilia: Feloidea

Familia: †Barbourofelidae
Genera: †Afrosmilus – †Albanosmilus – †Barbourofelis – †Ginsburgsmilus – †Jinomrefu – †Oriensmilus – †Prosansanosmilus – †Sansanosmilus

Name

Barbourofelidae (Schultz, Schultz & Martin, 1970): 2 ["Barbourofelini"]

Type genus: Barbourofelis

References

Primary references

• Schultz, C.B., Schultz, M.R. & Martin, L.D. 1970. A New Tribe of Saber-Toothed Cats (Barbourofelini) from the Pliocene of North America. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 9: 1–31. PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Morlo, M., Peigné, S. & Nagel, D. 2004. A new species of Prosansanosmilus: implications for the systematic relationships of the family Barbourofelidae new rank (Carnivora, Mammalia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 140(1): 43–61. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00087.x ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Wang, X., White, S.C. & Guan, J. 2020. A new genus and species of sabretooth, Oriensmilus liupanensis (Barbourofelinae, Nimravidae, Carnivora), from the middle Miocene of China suggests barbourofelines are nimravids, not felids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18(9): 783–803. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2019.1691066 PDF Reference page. 
• Werdelin, L. 2021. African Barbourofelinae (Mammalia, Nimravidae): a critical review. Historical Biology 34(8): 1347–1355. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2021.1998034 . Reference page.