- Barbourofelis
Taxobox
name = "Barbourofelis"
fossil_range = LateMiocene
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammalia
ordo =Carnivora
familia = †Barbourofelidae
genus = †"Barbourofelis"
genus_authority = Schultz, Schultz & Martin, 1970
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* †"B. fricki"
* †"B. loveorum"
* †"B. morrisi"
* †"B. osborni"
* †"B. piveteaui"
* †"B. vallensiensis"
* †"B. whitfordi"The
lion -sized Barbourofelis was one of the most recent members of theBarbourofelidae family. It lived during the lateMiocene (15 million - 6 million years ago) and had the longest canines of all barbourofelids. They had very prominentflange s on the lower jaws and an unusually shaped skull. The barbourofelids were probably very muscular, resembling a bear-like lion or lion-like bear.
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