Amphimachairodus

Amphimachairodus
A. giganteus skull
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Feliformia
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: †Machairodontinae
Tribe: †Homotherini
Genus: †Amphimachairodus
Kretzoi, 1929
Type species
†Amphimachairodus palanderi
(Zdansky 1924) sensu Kretzoi, 1929
Other Species
  • A. alvarezi Ruiz-Ramoni et al., 2019
  • A. coloradensis (Cook, 1922)
  • A. giganteus (Wagner, 1848)
  • A. hezhengensis Jiangzuo et al., 2023
  • A. horribilis (Schlosser, 1903)
  • A. kabir? (Peigne et al., 2005)
  • A. kurteni? (Sotnikova, 1992)
Synonyms
Synonyms of A. coloradensis
  • Machairodus coloradensis Cook, 1922
Synonyms of A. giganteus
  • Machairodus giganteus
Synonyms of A. horribilis
  • Machairodus horribilis Schlosser, 1903
  • Machairodus tingii Zdansky, 1934
  • Amphimachairodus tingii (Zdansky, 1934)
  • Machairodus irtychensis Orlov, 1936
  • Amphimachairodus irtychensis (Orlov, 1936)
Synonyms of A. palanderi
  • Machairodus palanderi
  • Machairodus kurteni? Sotnikova, 1992
  • Amphimachairodus kurteni?
Synonyms of A. kabir
  • Machairodus kabir Peigne et al., 2005
  • Adeilosmilus kabir

Amphimachairodus is an extinct genus of large machairodonts. It is also a member of the tribe Homotherini within Machairodontinae and is most closely related to genera as Xenosmilus, Homotherium itself, and Machairodus. It inhabited Eurasia, North America, and possibly Northern Africa during the Late Miocene to Early Pliocene epoch.

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