Paramachaerodus

Paramachaerodus; Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Felidae
Subfamily:	†Machairodontinae
Tribe:	†Smilodontini
Genus:	†Paramachaerodus; Pilgrim, 1913
Type species
	Paramachaerodus orientalis; (Kittl, 1887) sensu Pilgrim, 1913
Other species
	Paramachaerodus maximiliani (Zdansky, 1924) sensu Pilgrim, 1931; Paramachaerodus transasiaticus; Paramachaerodus yingliangi;
Synonyms
	Paramachaerodus Paramachairodus; Pontosmilus Kretzoi, 1929; Protamphimachairodus Kretzoi, 1929; Propontosmilus Kadic and Kretzoi, 1930; synonyms of P. orientalis Machaerodus orientalis Kittl, 1887 ; Machairodus schlosseri Weithofer, 1888 ; Felis orientalis (Kittl, 1887) sensu Boule, 1901 ; Felis schlosseri (Weithofer, 1888) sensu Boule, 1901 ; Machairodus hungaricus Kormos, 1911 ; Pontosmilus indicus Kretzoi, 1929 ; Pseudaelurus sivalensis Lydekker, 1877 ; Aelurogale sivalensis (Lydekker, 1877) sensu Lydekker, 1884 ; Aelurictis sivalensis (Lydekker, 1877) sensu Pilgrim, 1910 ; Sivaelurus sivalensis (Lydekker, 1877) sensu Pilgrim, 1913 ; Paramachaerodus sivalensis (Lydekker, 1877) sensu Pilgrim, 1915 ; Machaerodus sivalensis (Lydekker, 1877) sensu Matthew, 1929 ; Propontosmilus sivalensis (Lydekker, 1877) sensu Kretzoi, 1929 ; Propontosmilus matthewi Kadic & Kretzoi, 1930 ; Paramachaerodus indicus (Kretzoi, 1929) sensu Pilgrim, 1932 ; Paramachaerodus schlosseri (Weithofer, 1888) sensu Kretzoi, 1938 ; Paramachaerodus hungaricus (Kormos, 1911) sensu Kretzoi, 1938 ; Propontosmilus matthewi (Kadic & Kretzoi, 1930) sensu Kretzoi, 1938 ; Pontosmilus orientalis (Kittl, 1887) sensu Kretzoi, 1938 ; Paramachaerodus matthewi (Kadic & Kretzoi, 1930) sensu Kretzoi, 1951 ; Megantereon orientalis (Kittl, 1887) sensu Kurten, 1976 ; Pontosmilus hungaricus ; Pontosmilus schlosseri ; synonyms of P. maximiliani Machaerodus maximiliani Zdansky, 1924 ; Protamphimachairodus maximiliani (Zdansky, 1924) sensu Kretzoi, 1929 ; Protamphimachairodus indicus Simpson, 1945 ;

Paramachaerodus is an extinct genus of saber-tooth cat of the subfamily Machairodontinae, which was endemic to Eurasia during the Middle and Late Miocene from 15 to 9 Ma. A 2022 phylogenetic analysis suggested that the genus may be polyphyletic.

Paramacherodus is one of the earliest known true saber-toothed cats. Many fossils were discovered in Cerro de los Batallones, a Late Miocene fossil site near Madrid, Spain. One leopard-sized species is known, Paramachaerodus orientalis from the Turolian. A second species, Paramacharodus maximiliani, has been considered a synonym of Paramachaerodus orientalis by some authors, but was considered a valid species in the most recent systematic revision. That revision, based on an extensive morphological analysis, also determined that the species P. ogygia exhibited less derived sabertooth features than the other Paramachaerodus species and should be assigned to a separate genus, Promegantereon.