First known complete skulls of the scimitar-toothed cat Machairodus aphanistus (Felidae, Carnivora) from the Spanish late Miocene site of Batallones-1

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 957-969

  Anton, Mauricio ^a   Morales, Jorge ^a   Salesa, Manuel J ^b   Turner, Alan ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; SKULL;

CARNIVORA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; VALLESIA;

EID: 11144275229     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0957:FKCSOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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