Afrosmilus Temporal range: Middle
Miocene
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Restoration of Hyainailouros sulzeri (far left), Cynelos eurydon, Afrosmilus africanus and Hyainailouros napakensis (far right) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | † Barbourofelidae |
Tribe: | † Afrosmilini |
Genus: | †
Afrosmilus Kretzoi, 1929 |
Type species | |
†Afrosmilus africanus (Andrews, 1914)
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Species | |
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Afrosmilus is a fossil genus of afrosmilin barbourofelid. It lived in Africa during the middle Miocene.
The species Pseudaelurus africanus was first described in 1914; [1] in 1929 it was assigned to the new genus Afrosmilus by Miklós Kretzoi. [2]
A second species Afrosmilus turkanae was described in 1987. [3]
In 2001, a third species, Afrosmilus hispanicus, was described along with the closely related genus Ginsburgsmilus; for these earlier African barbourofelines the tribe Afrosmilini was erected. [4]