Eusmilus

Eusmilus
Skull cast of Eusmilus olsontau at the American Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: †Nimravidae
Subfamily: †Hoplophoninae
Genus: †Eusmilus
Gervais, 1876
Type species
Machairodus bidentatus
Filhol, 1873
Other Species
  • E. adelos Barrett, 2021
  • E. cerebralis Cope, 1880
  • E. dakotensis Hatcher, 1895
  • E. sicarius Sinclair and Jepsen, 1927
  • E. villebramarensis Peigné and Brunet, 2003

Eusmilus ('true sabre') is a prehistoric genus of nimravid that lived in Europe and North America during the Late Eocene to Early Oligocene epochs (34.7–29.5 mya).

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