''Miomachairodus'' is an extinct

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of large

saber-toothed cat Machairodontinae is an extinct subfamily of carnivoran mammals of the family Felidae (true cats). They were found in Asia, Africa, North America, South America, and Europe from the Miocene to the Pleistocene, living from about 16 million ...

s of the subfamily Machairodontinae. It is known from

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-age fossils in China and

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and persisted until the Late Miocene (early

Vallesian The Vallesian age is a period of geologic time (11.6–9.0 Ma) within the Miocene used more specifically with European Land Mammal Ages. It precedes the Turolian age and follows the Astaracian age. The so-called Vallesian Crisis resulted in the ...

).Paleobiology Database: ''Miomachairodus'' Basic info
Fossils of this machairodont have been found in the

-age Bahe Formation in

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, China, and

Yeni Eskihisar Yeni Eskihisar is a late Miocene formation in Yatağan, Muğla Province, Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Ana ...

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. This Turkish site is of Miocene age and is well known for its pollen studies.

References

Cenozoic animals of Asia Machairodontinae Miocene felids Pliocene carnivorans Prehistoric carnivoran genera Fossil taxa described in 1976 {{Paleo-carnivora-stub