A first record of the Pleistocene saber-toothed cat Smilodon populator Lund, 1842 (Carnivora: Felidae: Machairodontinae) from Venezuela

Ameghiniana

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 499-501

  Rincón R , Ascanio D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PLEISTOCENE;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

CARNIVORA; FELIDAE; SMILODON FATALIS; SMILODON POPULATOR;

EID: 33747590176     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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