Barbourofelinae
| Barbourofelinae Temporal range: Miocene,
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| Barbourofelis loveorum at the Florida Museum of Natural History | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | †Nimravidae |
| Subfamily: | †Barbourofelinae Schultz, et al., 1970 |
| Type genus | |
| Barbourofelis Schultz, Schultz & Martin, 1970
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Barbourofelinae is a subfamily of carnivorans within the extinct family of feliforms known as Nimravidae. Sometimes known as false saber-toothed cats, that lived in North America, Eurasia and Africa during the Miocene epoch (22.8—7 million years ago) and existed for about 15.8 million years. Once thought to have been an independent lineage from the nimravids and Machairodontinae, most experts over the recent years have reclassified them as nimravids.