Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Alternative combination: Smilodontidion riggii

Full reference: L. J. Kraglievich. 1948. Smilodontidion riggii, n. gen. n. sp. Un nuevo y pequeno esmilodonte en la fauna pliocena de Chapadmalal. Revista del Museo de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia". Ciencias Zoológicas 1(1):1-44

Belongs to Smilodon according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997

See also Kraglievich 1948 and Prevosti and Pomi 2007

Sister taxa: Smilodon crucians, Smilodon fatalis, Smilodon gracilis, Smilodon populator

Type specimen: MACN 6802, a partial skeleton

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution: found only at Arroyo Loberia (Quaternary of Argentina)

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