Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae

Full reference: J. Morales, M.J. Salesa, M. Pickford and D. Soria. 2001. A new tribe, new genus and two new species of Barbourofelinae (Felidae, Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of East Africa and Spain. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 92:97-102

Parent taxon: Barbourofelidae according to L. Werdelin and S. Peigne 2010

See also Morales et al. 2007, Morlo 2006 and Morlo et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Afrosmilini, Albanosmilus, Barbourofelis, Oriensmilus, Prosansanosmilus, Sansanosmilus, Syrtosmilus, Vampyrictis

Subtaxa: Ginsburgsmilus napakensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Napak (Napak Member) (Miocene of Uganda)

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