Ginsburgsmilus

Ginsburgsmilus
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: †Nimravidae
Genus: †Ginsburgsmilus
Morales, Salesa, Pickford, & Soria 2001
Species:
†G. napakensis
Binomial name
†Ginsburgsmilus napakensis
Morales, Salesa, Pickford, & Soria 2001

Ginsburgsmilus is an extinct genus of carnivorous mammal of the subfamily Barbourofelinae. This genus was endemic to Africa during the early Miocene. There is only one known specimen of Ginsburgsmilus napakensis, dated to 20-19 mya.

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