Nimravus
Nimravus is an extinct genus of "false" saber-toothed cat in the family Nimravidae known from North America and Europe during the Oligocene epoch 33.3—26.3 mya, existing for approximately 7 million years. Not closely related to true saber-toothed cats, they evolved a similar form through parallel evolution. Fossils have been uncovered in the western U.S. from Oregon to southern California and Nebraska.
| Nimravus Temporal range: Oligocene, | |
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| N. brachyops skull | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | †Nimravidae |
| Subfamily: | †Nimravinae |
| Genus: | †Nimravus Cope, 1879 |
| Type species | |
| †Nimravus brachyops Cope, 1879 | |
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