Afrosmilus

Afrosmilus
Temporal range: Middle Miocene
Restoration of Hyainailouros sulzeri (far left), Cynelos eurydon, Afrosmilus africanus and Hyainailouros napakensis (far right)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: †Nimravidae
Tribe: †Afrosmilini
Genus: †Afrosmilus
Kretzoi, 1929
Type species
†Afrosmilus africanus
(Andrews, 1914)
Species
  • †Afrosmilus hispanicus Morales et al., 2001
  • †Afrosmilus turkanae Schmidt-Kittler, 1987

Afrosmilus is a fossil genus of afrosmilin barbourofelin. It lived in Africa during the middle Miocene.

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