| Named By: | Georges Cuvier in 1824 (Some sources cite Croizet and Jobert in 1828) |
| Time Period: | Early Pliocene to Middle Pleistocene |
| Location: | Africa, Europe, Asia and North America |
| Size: | Approximately 1.2 meters long, there is some variance between species |
| Diet: | Carnivore |
| Fossil(s): | Many specimens, although they are often fragmentary and incomplete |
| Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Felidae | Machairodontinae | |
Megantereon was a genus of prehistoric machairodontine saber-toothed cat that lived in North America, Eurasia, and Africa. It may have been the ancestor of Smilodon.