Barbourofelis
| Barbourofelis | |
|---|---|
| B. loveorum, Florida Museum of Natural History Fossil Hall at the University of Florida | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | †Barbourofelidae |
| Tribe: | †Barbourofelini |
| Genus: | †Barbourofelis Schultz, Schultz & Martin, 1970 |
| Type species | |
| †Barbourofelis fricki Schultz, Schultz & Martin, 1970 | |
| Other Species | |
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Barbourofelis is an extinct genus of large, predatory, feliform carnivoran mammals of the family Barbourofelidae (false saber-tooth cats). The genus lived North America and Eurasia during the Miocene until its extinction during the Messinian, living from 12 to 7 Ma.