Growth differences in the saber-tooth of three felid species

Palaios

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 566-569

  Feranec, Robert S ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELID; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOLOGY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

FELIDAE; HOMOTHERIUM SERUM; SMILODON; SMILODON FATALIS;

EID: 50449085242     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2007.p07-079r     Document Type: Article

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