Prosansanosmilus peregrinus

Prosansanosmilus peregrinus Temporal range: Miocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Superorder:	Carnivoramorpha
Order:	Carnivora
Family:	†Barbourofelidae
Genus:	†Prosansanosmilus
Species:	P. peregrinus
Binomial name
Prosansanosmilus peregrinus Heizmann et al., 1980

Prosansanosmilus peregrinus belongs to the genus Prosansanosmilus in the extinct family Barbourofelidae. It died out in the Miocene epoch.

Distribution

P. peregrinus lived in MN4 of France and Germany. Two fossils of P. peregrinus have been found in France and another two have been found in Germany. P. peregrinus was a ground-dwelling creature.

Diet

P. peregrinus was either a carnivore or an omnivore.

Time range

P. peregrinus is thought to have lived between 16.9–16 Mya. New evidence suggests that P. peregrinus lived 20–16 Mya. German scientists excavated a fossil of P. peregrinus dating 20 Mya. Other scientists think that P.Peregrinus lived between 16.9–15.7 Mya.

Taxonomy

Prosansanosmilus peregrinus was closely related to its sister taxon, Prosansanosilus eggeri. The scientists Wyss and Flynn classified Prosansanosmilus peregrinus in the superorder Carnivoramorpha in 1993. Some scientists also think that Prosansanosmilus peregrinus was in the family Nimravidae. However, this was proved wrong. Linnaeus classified Prosansanosmilus Peregrinus in the clade Ferae. Many scientists also agree that Prosansanosmilus peregrinus belonged to the Infraorder Feloidea. As a result, Prosansanosmilus peregrinus was closely related to the family Felidae and the family Nimravidae.