Paramachairodus is an extinct genus of saber-tooth cat of the subfamily Machairodontinae endemic to Europe and Asia, during the late Miocene from 15 to 9 Ma. Paramachairodus is one of the oldest known true saber-toothed cats. A large number of fossils were discovered in Cerro Batallones, a Late Miocene fossil site near Madrid, Spain. Two leopard-sized species are known, Paramachairodus ogygia from Vallesian to early Turolian age and Paramachairodus orientalis from the Turolian. A third species… (More on Paramachairodus)