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#REDIRECT [[Machairodontinae]]
{{Taxobox
| name = '''''Machairodontini'''''
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Middle Miocene|Pleistocene}}
| status = Fossil
| image =
| image_width = 250px
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Mammal]]ia
| ordo = [[Carnivora]]
| familia = [[Felidae]]
| subfamilia = †[[Machairodontinae]]
| tribus = †Machairodontini
| tribus_authority = Gill (1872)
| genus =
| genus_authority =
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
}}

'''''Machairodontini''''' was a [[clade]] of large [[saber-toothed cat]]s of the [[subfamily]] [[Machairodontinae]], that lived in [[Europe]], [[Asia]], [[Africa]] and [[North America]] during the [[Miocene]] through [[Pleistocene]] living from 11.6[[Annum|mya]]—11,000 years ago, existing for approximately {{Mya|11.6-0.11|million years}}.<ref>[http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=129891&is_real_user=1 PaleoBiology Database: ''Machairodus'', basic info]</ref>

==Taxonomy==
''Machairodontini'' was named by Gill (1872) as well as 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>
==References==
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[[Category:Prehistoric felines]]
[[Category:Saber-toothed cats]]
[[Category:Extinct carnivores]]
[[Category:Miocene mammals]]
[[Category:Pliocene mammals]]
[[Category:Pleistocene mammals]]
[[Category:Pleistocene extinctions]]

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