Albanosmilus

Albanosmilus Temporal range: Late Miocene
Cranium of Albanosmilus jourdani
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	†Barbourofelidae
Tribe:	†Barbourofelini
Genus:	†Albanosmilus Kretzoi, 1929
Type species
Albanosmilus jourdani (Filhol, 1883)
Other Species
Albanosmilus whitfordi (Barbour & Cook, 1915)

Albanosmilus is an extinct genus of the family Barbourofelidae.[1] It was previously thought to belong to the false sabre-toothed cat family Nimravidae.[2]

It lived during Middle and Upper Miocene in Europe, Asia, and North America.[3]

Albanosmilus was at one time considered a synonym of Sansanosmilus, but by 2013 it was considered a valid genus with two species: Albanosmilus jourdani, the type species (with synonyms Albanosmilus vallesiensis, Barbourofelis vallesiensis) and Albanosmilus whitfordi (with synonyms Barbourofelis whitfordi).[3]

Coprolites likely referable to this genus were described in 2023.[4]

References

1. Albanosmilus in the Paleobiology Database
2. Bryant, H. N. (1991). "Phylogenetic relationships and systematics of the Nimravidae (Carnivora)". Journal of Mammalogy. doi:10.2307/1381980. JSTOR 1381980.
3. Robles, Josep M.; Alba, David M.; Fortuny, Josep; Esteban-Trivigno, Soledad De; Rotgers, Cheyenn; Balaguer, Jordi; Carmona, Raül; Galindo, Jordi; Almécija, Sergio; Bertó, Juan V.; Moyà-Solà, Salvador (2013). "New craniodental remains of the barbourofelid Albanosmilus jourdani(Filhol, 1883) from the Miocene of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (NE Iberian Peninsula) and the phylogeny of the Barbourofelini". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 11 (8): 993–1022. doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.724090. S2CID 85157737.
4. Gross, Martin; Prieto, Jérôme; Grímsson, Friðgeir; Bojar, Hans-Peter (2023-07-26). "Hyena and 'false' sabre-toothed cat coprolites from the late Middle Miocene of south-eastern Austria". Historical Biology: 1–20. doi:10.1080/08912963.2023.2237979. ISSN 0891-2963.