Smilodontini

Taxobox
name = Smilodontini
fossil_range = Middle Miocene to Late Pleistocene

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Smilodon californicus" fossil at the
National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Carnivora
familia = Felidae
subfamilia = Machairodontinae
tribus = Smilodontini
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Smilodon"
"Megantereon "
"Paramachairodus"

Smilodontini is an extinct tribe of "saber-toothed cats", contained within the Machairodontinae subfamily of the Felidae. As the name suggests, the famous genus of "Smilodon" is part of this group, but there are also two other distinct genera in Smilodontini.This tribe came into being about the genus "Paramachairodus" and only became extinct 10,000 years ago with Smilodon. Various species of Smilodontini have lived in Africa, Eurasia, North America and South America. All of these are "dirk-toothed" cats, meaning that they have long narrow upper canines and stocky, well muscled proportions.