A primitive Late Pliocene cheetah, and evolution of the cheetah lineage

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 512-515

  Christiansen, Per ^a   Mazák, Ji H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Shanghai Science and Technology Museum   (China)

Author keywords

Acinonyx; Felidae; Miracinonyx; Morphology; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEETAH; CHINA; CLADISTICS; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DENTITION; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PLESIOMORPHY; PLIOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE;

ACINONYX; ANIMALS; CHINA; DENTITION; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

ACINONYX; ACINONYX JUBATUS; CRANIA; FELIDAE; MIRACINONYX;

EID: 58849101261     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0810435106     Document Type: Article

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