A primitive nimravine skull from the quercy fissures, France: Implications for the origin and evolution of nimravidae (Carnivora)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 401-410

  Peigné, Stéphane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory region; Eocene; Eofelis; Oligocene; Palaeoanatomy; Systematic

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; EOFELIS; FELIS CATUS; NIMRAVIDAE;

EID: 0035536908     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2001.tb02467.x     Document Type: Article

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