Soft tissue reconstruction of Homotherium latidens (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae). Implications for the possibility of representations in Palaeolithic art

Geobios

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 541-551

  Antón, Mauricio ^a   Salesa, Manuel J ^a   Turner, Alan ^b   Galobart, Ángel ^c   Pastor, Juan Francisco ^d  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEONTOLOGIA MIQUEL CRUSAFONT   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Homotherium latidens; Isturitz figurine; Reconstruction; Soft tissues

Indexed keywords

ART; FELID; MORPHOLOGY; OSTEOLOGY; PALEOLITHIC; RECONSTRUCTION; SKELETON; SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION;

CARNIVORA; FELIDAE; HOMOTHERIUM; HOMOTHERIUM LATIDENS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 70349482292     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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