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PROSANSANOSMILUS
(pro-san-san-o-smy-lus)
meaning: "Before Sansanosmilus"
Prosansanosmilus
Named By: E.P.J. Heizmann, L. Ginsburg & C. Bulot in 1980
Time Period: Late Miocene
Location: Europe
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Several specimens
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Feliformia | Barbourofelidae |
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Prosansanosmilus is an extinct genus of mammalian carnivores of the suborder Feliformia, family Barbourofelidae, which lived in Europe during the Miocene epoch (16.9--16.0 mya), existing for approximately 0.9 million years.

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