Barbourofelis morrisi Schultz et al. 1970 (false sabre-tooth)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae

Full reference: C. B. Schultz, M. Schultz, and L. D. Martin. 1970. A new Tribe of Saber-toothed cats (Barbourofelini) from the Pliocene of North America. Bulletin of the Nebraska State Museum 9(1):1-31

Belongs to Barbourofelis according to C. B. Schultz et al. 1970

Sister taxa: Barbourofelis fricki, Barbourofelis loveorum, Barbourofelis piveteaui, Barbourofelis vallesiensis, Barbourofelis whitfordi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Leptarctus Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (4: Nebraska collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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