Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Metailurini


Related Topics

In the News (Mon 7 Dec 09)

  
  Metailurini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Metailurini is a tribe of extinct machairodontine saber-toothed cats.
They existed from the Miocene to early Pleistocene, and most of species were found in Eurasia and all were scimitar-toothed (having broad and mildy elongated upper canines).
Like most extinct cats, the majority of species in Metailurini are known only from fragments, so the systematic position and taxonomy of these creatures is debatable.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Metailurini   (88 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Metailurini
Tribes Metailurini Homotheriini Smilodontini Machairodontinae is a subfamily of the Felidae, the family which contains all true cats.
Dinofelis is a genus of metailurini that lived in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America approximately 5-1.
The term saber-toothed cat describes numerous cat-like species of the that lived during various parts of the Cenozoic that evolved their saber-toothed characteristics entirely independently.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Metailurini   (375 words)

  
 Lioncrusher's Domain - Machairodontinae (Sabre-Toothed Cats)
Unlike modern cats, the sabre-toothed cats likely used their incisors to pull the flesh from the bones to feed themselves.
The tribe Metailurini existed during the late Miocene to early Pleistocene, and the majority of species existed in Eurasia.
Most of the species in this tribe are known only from fragments; no complete fossils or skulls have been found for many of these cats, and so the taxa of these animals is highly debatable.
www.lioncrusher.com /Machairodontinae.htm   (1331 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.