Eusmilus

Eusmilus ('true sabre') is a prehistoric genus of the family Nimravidae, subfamily Hoplophoninae endemic to North America, Europe, and Asia during the Late Eocene-Early Oligocene epochs (37.2—28.4 mya), existing for approximately 8.8 million years.

Taxonomy
Ekgmoiteptecela was named by Macdonald (1963). Its type is Ekgmoiteptecela olsontau. It was synonymized subjectively with Eusmilus by Martin (1980), Bryant (1984) and Bryant (1996).

Species

 * Eusmilis bidentatus
 * Eusmilis cerebralis
 * Eusmilus olontsau
 * Eusmilus sicarius