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Adelphailurus
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Adelphailurus kansensis |
Adelphailurus is a genus of machairodontine saber-toothed cats belonging to the tribe Metailurini. It is known by a single type specimen found in Kansas dated back to the late Miocene epoch.
It was a Cougar-sized animal and may have had habits similar to a puma. Its body had the same shape as a puma except for a long and compressed upper canine. This would place this cat into the "False-sabertooth" group. Apart from that the Adelphailurus had a retained upper second premolar, which is unusual for a cat.
Turner, A and Mauricio Anton. Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives 1997. Columbia University Press. New York.
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