Named By: | Schultz, Schultz & Martin in 1970 |
Time Period: | Late Miocene-Pliocene 13.6-5.3 Ma |
Location: | North America |
Size: | Up to 1.8 meters long |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Many specimens |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Barbourofelidae | |
Barbourofelis is an extinct genus of large, predatory, feliform carnivoran mammals of the family Barbourofelidae (false saber-tooth cats). The genus was endemic to North America during the Miocene until its extinction during the Pliocene, living from 13.6--5.3 Ma and existing for approximately 8.3 million years.