Syrtosmilus

Syrtosmilus Temporal range: Early Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	† Nimravidae
Tribe:	† Afrosmilini
Genus:	† Syrtosmilus Ginsburg, 1978
Type species
†Syrtosmilus syrtensis Ginsburg, 1978

Syrtosmilus is a fossil genus of barbourofelin with a single species Syrtosmilus syrtensis, which was described based on a single specimen: an edentulous mandible that was found at the Early Miocene-aged site of Gebel Zelten in Libya. Within the Barbourofelidae, it is classified as part of the tribe Afrosmilini. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Ginsburg, L. (1978). "Syrtosmilus syrtensis, n. gen., n. sp., felidé machairodontiforme du Burdigalien de Libye". Comptes Rendus Sommaire de la Société Géologique de France (in French). 2: 73–74.
2. Morales, J.; Pickford, M. (2018). "A new barbourofelid mandible (Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of Grillental-6, Sperrgebiet, Namibia" (PDF). Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia. 18: 113–123.