Smilodontini (lat.) - tribe of the subfamily Sabretooth feline . They lived in the Americas , Eurasia and Africa from the Miocene to Pleistocene , from 10.3 million to 11,000 years ago, in total, approximately 10.289 million years [1] .
| † Smilodontini |
 Smilodon |
| Scientific classification |
|---|
| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Subfamily : | † Sabretooth cats |
|
| International scientific name |
|---|
Smilodontini Kretzoi, 1929 |
| Childbirth |
|---|
- † Rhizosmilodon
- † Smilodon
- † Megantereon
- † Paramachairodus
|
Geochronology10.3-0.011 Ma | million years | Era | F-d | Era |
|---|
| | Th | TO but th n about s about th | | 2,588 | | | 5.33 | Pliocene | N e about g e n | | 23.03 | Miocene | | 33.9 | Oligocene | P but l e about g e n | | 55.8 | Eocene | | 65.5 | Paleocene | | 251 | Mesozoic |
◄ Nowadays◄ Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction |
|---|
|
The name is associated with the most famous representative of this tribe smilodon . The tribe, like the subfamily of saber-toothed cats, disappeared about 11,000 years ago, at the end of the ice age , when the smilodons died out.