Presence of the African saber-toothed felid Megantereon whitei (Broom, 1937) (Mammalia, Carnivora, Machairodontinae) in apollonia-1 (Mygdonia Basin, Macedonia, Greece)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 869-872

  Martínez Navarro, Bienvenido ^a   Palmqvist, Paul ^b  

^a Museo de Prehistoria y Paleontologia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dmanisi Early Homo; Megantereon

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; FELID; HUNTING BEHAVIOUR; MACHAIRODONTINAE; MEGANTEREON WHITEI;

GREECE, MACEDONIA, MYGDONIA BASIN, APOLLONIA-1 SITE;

EID: 0030428138     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1996.0081     Document Type: Article

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