Ginsburgsmilus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | † Barbourofelidae |
Genus: | †
Ginsburgsmilus Morales, Salesa, Pickford, & Soria 2001 |
Species: | †G. napakensis
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Binomial name | |
†Ginsburgsmilus napakensis Morales, Salesa, Pickford, & Soria 2001
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Ginsburgsmilus is an extinct genus of carnivorous mammal of the family Barbourofelidae that was endemic to Africa during the early Miocene. There is only one known specimen of Ginsburgsmilus napakensis, [1] dated to 20-19 mya.
Ginsburgsmilus was named by Morales et al. (2001). [2] It was assigned to Barbourofelidae by Morlo et al. (2004) and Morlo (2006). [3]
In 2001, a team led by Jorge Morales described Ginsburgsmilus [2] as a new genus in the family Barbourofelidae; the fossil material had been previously identified as Afrosmilus turkanae.