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#REDIRECT [[Machairodontinae]]
{{Taxobox
| name = '''Machairodontini'''
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Middle Miocene|Pleistocene}}
| status = Fossil
| image = Homotheriumtex1.JPG
| image_caption = Skeleton of ''Homotherium serum'' from Texas Memorial Museum, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Mammal]]ia
| ordo = [[Carnivora]]
| familia = [[Felidae]]
| subfamilia = †[[Machairodontinae]]
| tribus = †'''Machairodontini'''
| tribus_authority = [[Theodore Gill|Gill]], 1872
| subdivision_ranks = [[Genus]]
| subdivision =
*†''[[Paramachairodus]]''
*†''[[Machairodus]]''
*†''[[Homotherium]]''
*†''[[Miomachairodus]]''
*†''[[Ischyrosmilus]]''
*†''[[Hemimachairodus]]''
}}

'''Machairodontini''' is an extinct tribe of large [[saber-toothed cat]]s of the [[subfamily]] [[Machairodontinae]], that lived in [[Europe]], [[Asia]], [[Africa]], [[North America]], and [[South America]]<ref>Rincon, A., Prevosti, F., & Parra, G. (2011). New saber-toothed cat records (Felidae: Machairodontinae) for the Pleistocene of Venezuela, and the Great American Biotic Interchange Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 31 (2), 468-478 {{doi|10.1080/02724634.2011.550366}}</ref> during the [[Miocene]] through [[Pleistocene]] living from 11.6&nbsp;[[Annum|mya]]&ndash;11&thinsp;000 years ago.<ref>[http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=129891&is_real_user=1 Paleobiology Database: Machairodontini, Basic info].</ref>

==Taxonomy==
Machairodontini was named by Gill (1872) as well as de Beaumont (1964). It was assigned to [[Machairodontinae]] by Berta and Galiano (1983).<ref>A. Berta and H. Galiano. 1983. Megantereon hesperus from the late Hemphillian of Florida with remarks on the phylogenetic relationships of machairodonts (Mammalia, Felidae, Machairodontinae). Journal of Paleontology 57(5):892-899</ref><ref>[http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/TaxonTree.aspx?id=109077 Machairodontini], The Taxonomicon</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Prehistoric felines]]
[[Category:Saber-toothed cats]]
[[Category:Extinct carnivorans]]
[[Category:Miocene mammals]]
[[Category:Pliocene mammals]]
[[Category:Pleistocene mammals]]
[[Category:Pleistocene extinctions]]

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