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Longchuansmilus is an extinct genus of Machairodontinae (sabre-toothed) cat that lived in China during the Miocene. The type and only species, Longchuansmilus xingyongi, was described in 2022.
Longchuansmilus would have coexisted with , the beaver Sinocastor, the rodent Kowalskia, the flying squirrel Pliopetaurista, the rabbit Alilepus, and the ape Lufengpithecus. Animals found near the fossil include tapirs, insectivores, flying squirrels, bamboo rats, freshwater birds, fish, frogs, turtles, crocodiles, beavers, otters and terrestrial birds, all which point to a swampy or lacustrine environment.
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