Dinofelis

Non-dinosaur

Dinofelis sp.
Meaning: Terrible cat
Mass: ?
Length: ?
Lived: In China in the Pliocene (Ruscinian to Villafranchian - between 5 and 1.8 million years ago)
Other species from this genus: D. aronoki
                                                D. barlowi
                                                D. cristata
                                                D. diastemata
                                                D. palaeooncca
                                                D. petteri
                                                D. piveateaui
Relationships in detail: Machairodontinae
                                    |?- Afrosmilus
                                    |?- Epimachairodus
                                    |?- Miomachairodus
                                    |?- Propontosmilus
                                    |?- Sivasmilus
                                    |?- Smilodontidion
                                    |?- Syrtosmilus
                                    ` - + - Dinofelis
                                         ` - + - Smilodontini
                                              |    |- Paramachairodus
                                              |    ` - + - Megantereon
                                              |         ` - Smilodon
                                              ` - Homotherini
                                                   |?- Xenosmilus
                                                   |- Machairodus
                                                   ` - Homotherium

Dinofelis sp. is a machairodontine, a group of saber-toothed "tigers".