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Machairodontini is an extinct tribe of large saber-toothed cats of the subfamily Machairodontinae, that lived in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America, during the Miocene through Pleistocene living from 11.6 mya–11 000 years ago.[1]
Taxonomy
Machairodontini was named by Gill (1872) as well as de Beaumont (1964). It was assigned to Machairodontinae by Berta and Galiano (1983).[2][3]
References
- ^ Paleobiology Database: Machairodontini, Basic info.
- ^ 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
- ^ Machairodontini, The Taxonomicon