What is "paramachairodus"

Paramachairodus (alternately Paramachaerodus) is an extinct genus of saber-tooth cat of the subfamily Machairodontinae, which was 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 de los 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, Paramachairodus maximiliani, is considered a synonym of Paramachairodus orientalis by most authors.

The animals were about high at the shoulder, similar to a leopard, but with a more supple body. The shape of its limbs suggests that it may have been an agile climber, and could have hunted relatively large prey.