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Smilodontini is an
extinct tribe within the
Machairodontinae or "saber-toothed cat"
subfamily of the Felidae. The
tribe is also
known as the "dirk-toothed...
- ogygia, a
Smilodontini ancestor, and
Machairodus aphanistus, a
Homotheriini ancestor,
shedding light on
evolutionary history. (Though the
Smilodontini ancestor...
- late
Pliocene to the
Middle Pleistocene. It is a
member of the
tribe Smilodontini, and
closely related to and
possibly the
ancestor of the
famous American...
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Homotherini (scimitar-toothed cats); and
Smilodontini (dirk-toothed cats), to
which Smilodon belongs.
Members of
Smilodontini are
defined by
their long slender...
- †Machairodus †Xenosmilus
Tribe †Metailurini †Dinofelis †Metailurus
Tribe †
Smilodontini †Megantereon †Paramachairodus †Smilodon Kammerer,
Christian F. (2016-01-26)...
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Miocene of Europe. It is one of the
oldest machairodont cat
species in the
Smilodontini and is
believed to be an
ancestor of
Megantereon and Smilodon. The species...
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canine teeth support the
placement of
Rhizosmilodon within the
tribe Smilodontini rather than the scimitar-toothed Homotherini. The
severity of the serrations...
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different subgroups. Here, the
Machairodontini have saber-like canines, the
Smilodontini have dagger-like canines, and the
Metailurini have less con****uously...
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ancestor of Paramachaerodus. Thus, Paramachaerodus'
position within the
Smilodontini was
generally understood as intermediate, with
Promegantereon as the...
- had
shorter upper canine teeth than
members of the
machairodont tribe Smilodontini such as
Smilodon or Megantereon, but
these were
still longer than those...
