Amphimachairodus (felidae, mammalia) from Sahabi (latest Miocene-earliest pliocene, Libya), with a review of African Miocene Machairodontinae

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-77

  Sardella, Raffaele ^a   Werdelin, Lars ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Africa; Carnivora; Felidae machairodontinae; Libya; Miocene; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; DENTITION; FELID; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; PHYLOGENY; PLIOCENE; SKULL; TYPE SPECIMEN;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHAD; EAST AFRICA; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; NORTH AFRICA; SAHABI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

CARNIVORA; FELIDAE; HOMOTHERIUM; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34247645081     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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