Barbourofelis

Taxobox
name = "Barbourofelis"
fossil_range = Late Miocene
regnum = Animalia
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 the Barbourofelidae family. It lived during the late Miocene (15 million - 6 million years ago) and had the longest canines of all barbourofelids. They had very prominent flanges on the lower jaws and an unusually shaped skull. The barbourofelids were probably very muscular, resembling a bear-like lion or lion-like bear.