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nimravidaean extinct family of carnivorans, sometimes known as false saber-toothed cats, whose fossils are found in North America and Eurasia.
dinofelisan extinct genus of machairodontine (sabre-toothed cat), usually classified in the tribe Metailurini.
barbourofelisan extinct genus of large, predatory, feliform carnivoran mammals of the family Barbourofelidae (false saber-tooth cats).
barbourofelidaean extinct family of carnivorans of the suborder Feliformia, sometimes known as false saber-toothed cats, that lived in North America, Eurasia and Africa during the Miocene epoch (16.9—9.0 million years ago) and existed for about .
machairodontinaean extinct subfamily of carnivoran mammals of the family Felidae (true cats).
sabre-toothed tigernounAny of numerous species of extinct cat-like mammals, of the †Machairodontinae subfamily of the Felidae, characterized by massive, but short, legs and two large canine teeth, each about seven inches long and shaped like a sabre.
thylacinidaean extinct family of carnivorous marsupials from the order Dasyuromorphia.
megantereonan extinct genus of prehistoric machairodontine saber-toothed cat that lived in Eurasia, Africa and possibly North America from the late Pliocene to the Middle Pleistocene.
thylacosmilusan extinct genus of saber-toothed metatherian mammals that inhabited South America from the Late Miocene to Pliocene epochs.
miacis("small point") an extinct genus of placental mammals from clade Carnivoraformes, that lived in North America from the early to middle Eocene.
felidaethe family of mammals in the order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats.
inostranceviaan extinct genus of large carnivorous therapsids which lived during the Late Permian in what is now European Russia and Southern Africa.
nimravidnounAny of the large extinct feliforms of the family Nimravidae, of the Middle to Late Miocene (40—7 million years ago).
aeluroideaAeluroidea, Ailuroidea or Feloidea is the name of a taxon (infraorder or superfamily) comprising cat-like Carnivora.
machairodus(from , 'knife' and 'tooth') a genus of large machairodont or ''saber-toothed cat'' that lived in Africa, Eurasia and North America during the late Miocene.
thylacosmilidaean extinct family of metatherian predators, related to the modern marsupials, which lived in South America between the Miocene and Pliocene epochs.
deinonychusnounA medium agile dinosaur, of the genus Deinonychus, of the Cretaceous period, characterized by having a large, curved claw on each hind foot.
thylacoleonidaea family of extinct carnivorous diprotodontian marsupials from Australia, referred to as marsupial lions.
proailurusan extinct felid genus that lived in Europe and Asia approximately 25-30.8 million years ago in the Late Oligocene and Miocene.
feliformiaa suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of "cat-like" carnivorans, including cats (large and small), hyenas, mongooses, viverrids, and related taxa.

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