Eofelis
| Eofelis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | †Nimravidae |
| Genus: | †Eofelis |
| Type species | |
| Eofelis edwardsii Kretzoi, 1938
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Eofelis is an extinct genus of small nimravid (false saber-toothed cats). They were catlike creatures that evolved in parallel with true cats but are not a part of the true cat lineage and have left no living descendants.
Fossils have been found in the phosphorites of Quercy, France. It was recently determined that there were two distinct species of Eofelis from old collections, E. edwardsii being the most abundant.
E. giganteus was very large, almost twice the size of E. edwardsii.[1]
References[]
- ^ *Peigne, Stephane, 2000: A new species of Eofelis from the Phosphorites of Quercy, France. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences Série IIA Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes. 330(9): 653-658, 30
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