Named By: | Morales et al in 2001 |
Time Period: | Miocene |
Location: | Africa |
Size: | Unavailable |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Single specimen |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Feliformia | Barbourofelidae | |
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, dated to 20-19 mya.