What is Barbourofelis?
{{italictitle}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = [[Late Miocene]]-[[Pliocene]] {{fossil_range|13.6|7.3}} | image = Barbourofelis_loveorum.jpg | image_upright = 1.15 | image_caption = ''B. loveorum'' , Florida Museum of Natural History Fossil Hall at the University of Florida | taxon = Barbourofelis | authority = Schultz, Schultz & Martin, 1970 | type_species = '''''Barbourofelis fricki''''' | type_species_authority = Schultz, Schultz & Martin, 1970 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * †''B. fricki'' * †''B. loveorum'' * †''B. morrisi'' * †''B. piveteaui'' }} '''''Barbourofelis''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of large, [[carnivorous]], [[mammal]]s. They were a type of [[saber-toothed cat]]. The genus was found in [[North America]] during the [[Miocene]] to [[Pleistocene]]. They lived from 13.6 {{ndash}} 5.3 million years ago (mya), which is about 8.3 million years.<ref> {{cite web | title = Paleobiology Database (Barbourofelidae) | url = http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=103996 | access-date = 19 Oct 2012 }}</ref> Its flattened saber teeth were protected by a bony flange from the lower jaw. It was a saber-toothed cat, but it was not a close relative of cats such as ''[[Smilodon]]''.<ref>Antón, Mauricio 2013. ''Sabertooth''. Bloomington, Indiana: University of Indiana Press. p. 104. ISBN 9780253010421</ref> ''Barbourofelis'' has been difficult to classify. It was put in the [[Nimravidae]] by Schultz (1970) and Martin (1998). == References == {{reflist}} {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Carnivora]] [[Category:Fossils]] [[Category:Saber-toothed cats]]