Nimravidae is an extinct family of carnivorans, sometimes known as false saber-toothed cats, whose fossils are found in North America, Africa, and Eurasia. Nimravids were the first lineage of carnivor
Restoration of Dinictis and Protoceras by Charles R. Knight
Nimravus is an extinct genus of "false" saber-toothed cat that lived in North America and Eurasia during the Eocene and Oligocene epochs 35.3—27.1 mya, existing for approximately 7.9 million years. No
Restoration of Nimravus (far left) and other animals from the Turtle Cove Formation