Inferred behaviour and ecology of the primitive sabre-toothed cat Paramachairodus ogygia (Felidae, Machairodontinae) from the Late Miocene of Spain

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 268, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-254

  Salesa, M J ^a   Anton M ^b   Turner, A ^a   Morales, J ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Ecology; Felidae; Miocene; Paramachairodus

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOMECHANICS; FELID; MIOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MADRID [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; MYA; PARAMACHAIRODUS OGYGIA; VALLESIA;

EID: 33645302391     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2005.00032.x     Document Type: Article

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