Albanosmilus is an extinct genus of the family Barbourofelidae.[1] It was previously thought to belong to the false sabre-toothed cat family Nimravidae.[2]
| Albanosmilus Temporal range: Late Miocene
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| Cranium of Albanosmilus jourdani | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | †Barbourofelidae |
| Tribe: | †Barbourofelini |
| Genus: | †Albanosmilus Kretzoi, 1929 |
| Type species | |
| Albanosmilus jourdani (Filhol, 1883)
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It lived during Middle and Upper Miocene in Europe, Asia, and North America.[3]
Albanosmilus was at one time considered a synonym of Sansanosmilus, but by 2013 it was considered a valid genus with two species: Albanosmilus jourdani, the type species (with synonyms Albanosmilus vallesiensis, Barbourofelis vallesiensis) and Albanosmilus whitfordi (with synonyms Barbourofelis whitfordi).[3]
Coprolites likely referable to this genus were described in 2023.[4]
References
edit- ^ Albanosmilus in the Paleobiology Database
- ^ Bryant, H. N. (1991). "Phylogenetic relationships and systematics of the Nimravidae (Carnivora)". Journal of Mammalogy. doi:10.2307/1381980. JSTOR 1381980.
- ^ a b Robles, Josep M.; Alba, David M.; Fortuny, Josep; Esteban-Trivigno, Soledad De; Rotgers, Cheyenn; Balaguer, Jordi; Carmona, Raül; Galindo, Jordi; Almécija, Sergio; Bertó, Juan V.; Moyà-Solà, Salvador (2013). "New craniodental remains of the barbourofelid Albanosmilus jourdani(Filhol, 1883) from the Miocene of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula) and the phylogeny of the Barbourofelini". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 11 (8): 993–1022. doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.724090. S2CID 85157737.
- ^ Gross, Martin; Prieto, Jérôme; Grímsson, Friðgeir; Bojar, Hans-Peter (2023-07-26). "Hyena and 'false' sabre-toothed cat coprolites from the late Middle Miocene of south-eastern Austria". Historical Biology: 1–20. doi:10.1080/08912963.2023.2237979. ISSN 0891-2963.
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