What is Nimravides?
{{italictitle}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Nimravides'' | fossil_range = Miocene | image = Nimravides catacopis.JPG | image_caption = ''Nimravides catacopis'' skull | regnum = [[Animalia]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Carnivora]] | familia = [[Felidae]] | subfamilia = †[[Machairodontinae]] | genus = †'''''Nimravides''''' }} '''''Nimravides''''' was a prehistoric [[saber-toothed cat]] which lived in North America during the middle and late [[Miocene]].<ref>Martin Larry D. 1998. Felidae. In ''Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America, volume 1: Terrestrial carnivores, ungulates, ungulatelike mammals''. Cambridge University Press.</ref> Despite its scientific name ''Nimravides'' does not belong to the [[Nimravidae]], but belongs to the family [[Felidae]]. The earlier species of the genus are smaller and more primitive than the later forms. The tiger-sized ''Nimravides catacopsis'' resembles the primitive ''[[Machairodus]] aphanistus'', a species known from the late Miocene of Eurasia.<ref>{{cite book |last=Turner, Alan 1997 |title= The big cats and their fossil relatives|publisher= Columbia University Press|location=New York|pages= 25|isbn= 0-231-10228-3}}</ref> *'''[[Felinae]]''' **†''Nimravides'' ***†''Nimravides nimravidus'' ***†''Nimravides catacopsis'' ***†''Nimravides pedionomus'' ***†''Nimravides hibbardi'' ***†''Nimravides galiani'' ***†''Nimravides thinobates'' ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == *[http://museumu03.museumwww.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=49164 Nimravides galiani ] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121210084705/http://museumu03.museumwww.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=49164 |date=2012-12-10 }} *[http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/miomap/RESULTS-MIOMAP/Diagnoses/UCMP34513.html Nimravides thinobates] *[http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=53606 Nimravides hibbardi]{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} *[http://paleodb.org/cgi-b