METAILURINI, Turner & Anton, 1997

Jiangzuo, Qigao, Li, Shijie, Fu, Jiao, Duan, Shiqi Wang Xueping Ji Mei & Che, Decai, 2022, Fossil Felidae (Carnivora: Mammalia) from the Yuanmou hominid site, southern China (Late Miocene) and its significance in the living environment of the fossil ape, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 196, pp. 1156-1174 : 1163

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Remarks: Our concept of Metailurini is largely similar to that used by Turner & Antón (1997) and Werdelin et al. (2010), only that we found most species of Paramachaerodus similar to Metailurus , and these two genera are likely to be closely related. Paramachaerodus does not show a closer affinity to Smilodontini than Metailurus does. The two derived species of Paramachaerodus have serrated canines and V-shaped incisors, and are unlikely to be ancestral to Smilodontini . Their positions are in need of further investigation.