Paramachaerodus

Smaller than a Microraptor!

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Paramachaerodus is an extinct genus of saber-tooth cat that lived in Europe and Asia during the late Miocene from 15 to 9 Ma. It was probably the earliest member of this group. The species of this genus are P. maximiliani (which might be a synonym of P. orientalis), P. orientalis, P. transasiaticus, P. yingliangi. One species, P. ogygia was reassigned to the genus Promegantereon.

Paramachaerodus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Felidae
Subfamily:	Machairodontinae
Tribe:	Smilodontini
Genus:	Paramachaerodus