Saber-tooth cats and cave lions - From fossils to felid performance and former living communities

CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg

Volumn , Issue 259, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Hemmer, Helmut ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Felidae; Life history; Paleobehavior; Paleocommunities; Paleoecology; Saber tooth cats

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CARNIVORE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; CRANIUM; DISPERSAL; EXTINCTION; FELID; FOSSIL; GUILD; HERBIVORE; LIFE HISTORY; PALEOECOLOGY; PREY SIZE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

FELIDAE;

EID: 38349093567     PISSN: 03414116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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