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Ginsburgsmilus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Suborder
  
Feliformia

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Carnivora

Family
  
†Barbourofelidae

Similar
  
Prosansanosmilus, Carnivores, Barbourofelidae, Dinaelurus, Quercylurus

Ginsburgsmilus is an extinct genus of carnivorous mammal of the family Barbourofelidae (false saber-tooth cats) that was endemic to Africa during the early Miocene. There is only one known specimen of Ginsburgsmilus napakensis, dated to 20-19 mya.

Taxonomy

Ginsburgsmilus was named by Morales et al. (2001). It was assigned to Barbourofelidae by Morlo et al. (2004) and Morlo (2006).

In 2001, a team led by Jorge Morales described Ginsburgsmilus as a new genus in the family Barbourofelidae; the fossil material had been previously identified as Afrosmilus turkanae.

References

Ginsburgsmilus Wikipedia