Nimravus Cope 1879 (false sabre-tooth)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae

Synonyms: Archaelurus Cope 1879, Nimravinus Kretzoi 1945

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

See also Alroy 2002, Bryant 1991, Bryant 1996, Cope 1879, Cope 1880, de Bonis et al. 2019, Flynn and Galiano 1982, Hay 1902, Hunt 1998, Martin 1998, Matthew 1910, Peigné 2003, Scott and Jepsen 1936, Slater and Van Valkenburgh 2008 and Toohey 1959

Sister taxon: Dinaelurus

Subtaxa: Nimravus brachyops Nimravus intermedius Nimravus mongoliensis

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Type: Machaerodus brachyops

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Arikareean of United States (5: California, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota collections)

• Oligocene of France (11), Georgia (1), Germany (2), Mongolia (4), United States (10: California, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota)

• Eocene of Mongolia (2), Thailand (1)

Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence

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