The Plio-Pleistocene Old World dirk-toothed cat Megantereon ex gr. cultridens (Mammalia, Felidae, Machairodontinae), with comments on taxonomy, origin and evolution

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-36

  Sardella, Raffaele ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANID; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; TAXONOMY;

CHINA;

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; ILEX COOKII; MAMMALIA; MEGANTEREON; SMILODON;

EID: 0001890627     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/207/1998/1     Document Type: Article

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