Afrosmilus

Afrosmilus is a fossil genus of afrosmilin barbourofelin. It lived in Africa during the middle Miocene.

Taxonomy and evolution

The species Pseudaelurus africanus was first described in 1914; in 1929 it was assigned to the new genus Afrosmilus by Miklós Kretzoi.
A second species Afrosmilus turkanae was described in 1987.
In 2001, a third species, Afrosmilus hispanicus, was described along with the closely related genus Ginsburgsmilus; for these earlier African barbourofelines the tribe Afrosmilini was erected.