Biology:Syrtosmilus
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Short description: Extinct genus of barbourofelid
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | †Barbourofelidae |
| Tribe: | †Afrosmilini |
| Genus: | †Syrtosmilus Ginsburg, 1978 |
| Type species | |
| †Syrtosmilus syrtensis Ginsburg, 1978
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Syrtosmilus is a fossil genus of barbourofelid with a single species Syrtosmilus syrtensis, which was described based on a single specimen: an edentulous mandible that was found at the Early Miocene-aged site of Gebel Zelten in Libya. Within the Barbourofelidae, it is classified as part of the tribe Afrosmilini.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Ginsburg, L. (1978). "Syrtosmilus syrtensis, n. gen., n. sp., felidé machairodontiforme du Burdigalien de Libye" (in French). Comptes Rendus Sommaire de la Société Géologique de France 2: 73–74.
- ↑ Morales, J.; Pickford, M. (2018). "A new barbourofelid mandible (Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of Grillental-6, Sperrgebiet, Namibia". Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia 18: 113–123. https://www.mme.gov.na/files/publications/4ab_Morales%20and%20Pickford%202018_Carnivore%20mandible%20from%20the%20Sperrgebiet.pdf.
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