Reconstructed facial appearance of the sabretoothed felid Smilodon

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 369-386

  Antón, Mauricio ^a   García Perea, Rosa ^a   Turner, Alan ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Reconstruction; Sabretoothed cats; Smilodon

Indexed keywords

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; SMILODON;

EID: 0032218137     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb00582.x     Document Type: Article

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