Nimravus is an extinct genus of the family Nimravidae, subfamily Nimravinae (false saber-toothed cat) endemic to North America during the Oligocene epoch (33.3—26.3 mya), existing for approximately {Mya|33.3-26.3|million years}. ==Taxonomy== Nimravus was named by Cope (1879) [status called into question by Bryant 1996]. It is the type genus of N... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimravus
(from the article `sabre-toothed cat`) ...through the Pleistocene epochs (36.6 million to 10,000 years ago). The Nimravidae lived until about 7 million years ago. Only distantly related to ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/n/43