Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae
Alternative spelling: Barbourofelidae
Parent taxon: Nimravidae according to X. Wang et al. 2020
See also Bryant 1991, Morales et al. 2007, Morlo et al. 2004, Slater and Van Valkenburgh 2008 and Tseng et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Aelurogale, Dinictis, Eusmilus insignis, Hoplophoneini, Maofelis, Nimravinae, Nimravini, Pangurban, Pogonodon
Subtaxa: Afrosmilini Albanosmilus Barbourofelis Ginsburgsmilus Oriensmilus Prosansanosmilus Sansanosmilus Syrtosmilus Vampyrictis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (4: Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma collections)
• Miocene of China (2), France (6), Germany (5), Hungary (1), Kenya (2), Namibia (3), Slovakia (1), Spain (3), Uganda (2), United States (18: California, Florida, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 47 collections including 48 occurrences