-
barbourofelids are a
branch of the
nimravids,
suggesting that this
debate might not be
settled yet. Most
nimravids had muscular, low-slung, cat-like bodies...
- the
increasingly hypercarnivorous trend of the cats (especially the
nimravids),
volcanic activity,
evolutionary changes in
dental morphology of the...
-
basicranial morphology, that
barbourofelids may be more
closely related to
nimravids than to felids.
Barbourofelids first appear in the
fossil record in the...
- 310–334. Egi, N.; Tsubamoto, T.; et al. (2016). "Taxonomic
revisions on
nimravids and
small feliforms (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the
Upper Eocene of Mongolia"...
- Eocene,
carnivorans quickly moved into this niche, with
forms like the
nimravids being the
dominant large-bodied
ambush predators during the Oligocene...
-
calves from predators, such as hyaenodonts, entelodonts,
Bathornis or
nimravids.
Fossils were
uncovered in the
northern plains states. Life-sized models...
-
alongside the much smaller,
fellow nimravid Eofelis.
Quercylurus is
often considered one of the
largest definitive nimravids known, with
remains indicating...
- to Hoplophoneus. The
discovery of E.
adelos meanwhile,
suggests that
nimravids went
along derived evolutionary pathways; conical-toothed, dirk-toothed...
-
Besides the machairodonts,
other saber-toothed
predators also
arose in the
nimravids, barbourofelids, machaeroidines,
hyaenodonts and even in two
groups of...
-
injuries shows that the
nimravid survived the attack.
Similar finds also
reveal that such
fights were
likely commonplace among nimravids and that they would...
