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Nimravides
| Nimravides Temporal range:
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| Nimravides catocopis skull | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Felidae |
| Subfamily: | †Machairodontinae |
| Tribe: | †Homotherini |
| Genus: | †Nimravides Kitts 1958 |
| Type species | |
| Nimravides thinobates (Macdonald, 1948)
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| Other Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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N. catocopis
N. thinobates
N. pedionomus
N. hibbardi
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Nimravides is a genus of extinct saber-toothed cats that lived in North America during the Late Miocene, between 10.3 and 5.332 Ma.[1] Despite its scientific name, Nimravides does not belong to the Nimravidae, but is a true cat belonging to the family Felidae.[2]
- ^ Nimravides in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Larry D.Martin (1998). Felidae in Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America, Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, Ungulatelike Mammals. Cambridge University Press.
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