Machairodontini

Machairodontini; Temporal range: Middle Miocene–Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Skeleton of Homotherium serum from Texas Memorial Museum, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
Conservation status
	Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	Felidae
Subfamily:	†Machairodontinae
Tribe:	†Machairodontini; Gill, 1872
Genus
	†Machairodus; †Miomachairodus; †Ischyrosmilus; †Hemimachairodus;

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]

^ 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

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