Rhizosmilodon

Rhizosmilodon
Temporal range: Late Miocene to Early Pliocene,
Fossil specimens
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: †Machairodontinae
Tribe: †Smilodontini
Genus: †Rhizosmilodon
Wallace & Hulbert, 2013
Type species
Rhizosmilodon fiteae
Wallace & Hulbert, 2013

Rhizosmilodon is an extinct genus of saber-tooth cat of the subfamily Machairodontinae that lived during the Early Pliocene and was discovered in the U.S. state of Florida.

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