Eusmilus

Eusmilus
Skull cast of Eusmilus olsontau at the American Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Nimravidae
Subfamily: Hoplophoninae
Genus: Eusmilus
Filhol, 1873
Type species
Eusmilus bidentatus
(Filhol, 1873)
Other Species
  • E. adelos Barrett, 2021
  • E. cerebralis Cope, 1880
  • E. dakotensis Hatcher, 1895
  • E. sicarius Sinclair and Jepsen, 1927
  • E. villebramarensis Peigné and Brunet, 2003

Eusmilus ('true sabre') is a prehistoric genus of nimravid that lived in Europe and North America during the Late Eocene to Early Oligocene epochs (34.7–29.5 mya).