Which was the more successful sabre tooth cat?
From Wikipedia: Dinofelis (“terrible cat”) is a genus of saber-toothed cats belonging to the tribe Metailurini. They were widespread in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America at least 5 million to about 1.2 million years ago (Early Pliocene to Early Pleistocene). Fossils very similar to Dinofelis from Lothagam range back to the Late Miocene, some 8 million years ago. Smilodon (pronounced /ˈsmаɪlədɒn/), often called saber-toothed cat or saber-toothed tiger, is an extinct genus of the subfamily machairodontine saber-toothed cats endemic to North America and South America living from the Early Pleistocene through Lujanian stage of the Pleistocene epoch (1.8 mya—10,000 years ago), existing for approximately 1.790 million years.[1] Dinofelis lived for a longer time period and was more widespread, so I’d be inclined to go with them. But it seems like Smilodon replaced Dinofelis, in North America at least, so maybe they were superior in some ways. I don’t know, it’s kind of like comparing app