Sansanosmilus (pronounced - San-San-Oh-SMILE-Uss) is an extinct genus of carnivorous mammal of the family Barbourofelidae (false saber-tooth cats) endemic to Europe, and Asia living during the Miocene 13.6—11.1 mya, existing for approximately . Taxonomy Sansanosmilus was named by Kretzoi (1929). bIt was assigned to Hoplophoneinae by Flynn and Galiano (1982); to Felidae by Carroll (1988); to Barbourofelinae by Bryant (1991); and to Barbourofelidae by Morlo et al. (2004) and Morlo (2006) It… (More on Sansanosmilus)