A revision of the genus Dinofelis (Mammalia, Felidae)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 147-258

  Werdelin, Lars ^a   Lewis, Margaret E ^b  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Machairodontinae; Pantherine; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

DINOFELIS; DINOFELIS PIVETEAUI; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; MYA;

EID: 0035534983     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/zjls.2000.0260     Document Type: Article

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