†Smilodon Lund 1841 (saber-toothed cat)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 41079
Synonyms: Smilodontidion Kraglievich 1948 (no. 41080), Smilodontopsis Brown 1908 (no. 51620), Trucifelis Leidy 1869 (no. 52530)
Parent taxon: Smilodontini according to S. C. Wallace and R. C. Hulbert 2013
Sister taxa: Megantereon, Rhizosmilodon
Subtaxa: Smilodon crucians, Smilodon fatalis, Smilodon gracilis, Smilodon populator, Smilodon riggii
Type: Smilodon populator
Ecology: scansorial insectivore