Locomotor behaviour in Plio-Pleistocene sabre-tooth cats: A biomechanical analysis

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 238, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 395-413

  Anyonge, William ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARBOUROFELIS; FELIS CATUS; HOMOTHERIUM; PANTHERA; PANTHERA ATROX; SMILODON; SMILODON FATALIS; ZANCLEA;

EID: 0030545510     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05402.x     Document Type: Article

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