Barbourofelis

Barbourofelis
	Barbourofelis loveorum
Temporal occurrence
	late Miocene
Locations
	North America; Turkey;
Systematics
	Higher mammals (Eutheria)
	Laurasiatheria
	Predators (Carnivora)
	Feline (Feliformia)
	Barbourofelidae
	Barbourofelis
Scientific name
	Barbourofelis
	Schultz , Schultz & Martin , 1970
species
	Barbourofelis fricki; Barbourofelis loveorum; Barbourofelis morrisi; Barbourofelis osborni; Barbourofelis piveteaui; Barbourofelis vallensiensis; Barbourofelis whitfordi;

Barbourofelis (named after the discoverer EH Barbour ) is an extinctgenus of predators in the family Barbourofelidae . The size of a lion , she livedin North America and Eurasiaduring the Miocene . Barbourofelis was unusually strong and looked more like a bear than a modern big cat. Their powerful canine teeth were very reminiscent of those of saber-toothed cats (Machairodontinae) such as Smilodon .

Barbourofelis is thought to have developed from the Eurasian genus Sansanosmilus and immigrated to North America at the beginning of the late Miocene around 10 to 12 million years ago. A total of four species existed here, three of which presumably represent a continuous series of developments that ran from B. morrisi through B. loveorum to the last species, B. fricki . The fourth North American species B. whitfordi , on the other hand, evidently represents a sideline that coexisted with B. morrisi and partly with B. loveorum . The last representatives of the genus died out about 7 million years ago , together with the largest species Barbourofelis fricki . The entire family of the Barbourofelidae was extinct.

The only find of the genus outside of North America is attributed to B. piveteaui and comes from the early late Miocene of what is now Turkey. The incomplete skull is also one of the last records of the Barbourofelidae outside of North America.

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Michael Benton : Animals of the past from A to Z. Ars Edition, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-7607-4553-9 .

Individual evidence

↑ : Tseng, ZJ; Takeuchi, GT; Wang, X .: Discovery of the upper dentition of Barbourofelis whitfordi (Nimravidae, Carnivora) and an evaluation of the genus in California . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (1): 244-254, 2010. doi : 10.1080 / 02724630903416001 .
↑ Denis Geraads; Erksin Gülec: Relationships of Barbourofelis piveteaui (Ozansoy, 1965), a late Miocene nimravid (Carnivora, Mammalia) from central Turkey . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Volume 17, Issue 2, 19 June 1997, pp. 370-375.

Web links

[1] : Tseng, ZJ; Takeuchi, GT; Wang, X .: Discovery of the upper dentition of Barbourofelis whitfordi (Nimravidae, Carnivora) and an evaluation of the genus in California . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 (1): 244-254, 2010. doi : 10.1080 / 02724630903416001 .

[2] Denis Geraads; Erksin Gülec: Relationships of Barbourofelis piveteaui (Ozansoy, 1965), a late Miocene nimravid (Carnivora, Mammalia) from central Turkey . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Volume 17, Issue 2, 19 June 1997, pp. 370-375.