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Extinct genus of carnivores

Albanosmilus
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Cranium of Albanosmilus jourdani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: †Barbourofelidae
Tribe: †Barbourofelini
Genus: †Albanosmilus
Kretzoi, 1929
Type species
Albanosmilus jourdani
(Filhol, 1883)
Other Species
  • Albanosmilus whitfordi (Barbour & Cook, 1915)

Albanosmilus is an extinct genus of the family Barbourofelidae. It was previously thought to belong to the false sabre-toothed cat family Nimravidae.

It lived during Middle and Upper Miocene in Europe, Asia, and North America.

Albanosmilus was at one time considered a synonym of Sansanosmilus, but by 2013 it was considered a valid genus with two species: Albanosmilus jourdani, the type species (with synonyms Albanosmilus vallesiensis, Barbourofelis vallesiensis) and Albanosmilus whitfordi (with synonyms Barbourofelis whitfordi).

Coprolites likely referable to this genus were described in 2023.

References

  1. Albanosmilus in the Paleobiology Database
  2. Bryant, H. N. (1991). "Phylogenetic relationships and systematics of the Nimravidae (Carnivora)". Journal of Mammalogy. doi:10.2307/1381980. JSTOR 1381980.
  3. ^ Robles, Josep M.; Alba, David M.; Fortuny, Josep; Esteban-Trivigno, Soledad De; Rotgers, Cheyenn; Balaguer, Jordi; Carmona, Raül; Galindo, Jordi; Almécija, Sergio; Bertó, Juan V.; Moyà-Solà, Salvador (2013). "New craniodental remains of the barbourofelid Albanosmilus jourdani(Filhol, 1883) from the Miocene of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula) and the phylogeny of the Barbourofelini". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 11 (8): 993–1022. doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.724090. S2CID 85157737.
  4. Gross, Martin; Prieto, Jérôme; Grímsson, Friðgeir; Bojar, Hans-Peter (2023-07-26). "Hyena and 'false' sabre-toothed cat coprolites from the late Middle Miocene of south-eastern Austria". Historical Biology: 1–20. doi:10.1080/08912963.2023.2237979. ISSN 0891-2963.
Barbourofelidae
Afrosmilini
Barbourofelini
Others
Taxon identifiers
Albanosmilus
Albanosmilus jourdani
Barbourofelis whitfordi
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