Biology:Nimravinae

Short description: Extinct subfamily of carnivores

Nimravinae Temporal range: 40–7 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Dinictis skeleton from South Dakota, displayed at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Superfamily:	†Nimravoidea
Family:	†Nimravidae
Subfamily:	†Nimravinae Cope, 1880
Genera
†Dinictis †Dinaelurus †Dinailurictis †Eofelis †Nimravus †Pogonodon †Quercylurus

Nimravidae cladogram

The Nimravinae are a subfamily of the Nimravidae, an extinct family of feliform mammalian carnivores sometimes known as false saber-toothed cats. They were endemic to North America, Europe, and Asia from the Middle Eocene through the Late Miocene epochs (Bartonian through Tortonian stages, 40.4—7.2 mya), spanning about 33.2 million years. Centered in North America, the radiation of the Nimravinae from the Eocene to Oligocene was the first radiation of cat-like carnivorans.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q11884539 entry