Eusmilus Gervais 1876 (false sabre-tooth)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae

Parent taxon: Hoplophoneini according to P. Z. Barrett 2016

See also Alroy 2002, Bryant 1991, Cope 1880, de Bonis et al. 2019, Flynn and Galiano 1982, Hay 1902, Martin 1998, Peigné 2003, Peigné and Brunet 2001 and Slater and Van Valkenburgh 2008

Sister taxa: Hoplophoneus, Nanosmilus

Subtaxa: Eusmilus adelos Eusmilus bidentatus Eusmilus villebramarensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of France (5 collections), Germany (5), Switzerland (1)

• Eocene of China (2), United States (2: South Dakota)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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