Functional anatomy of the forelimb in Promegantereon* ogygia (Felidae, Machairodontinae, Smilodontini) from the Late Miocene of Spain and the origins of the sabre-toothed felid model

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 381-396

  Salesa, Manuel J ^a   Antón, Mauricio ^a   Turner, Alan ^b   Morales, Jorge ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Carnivora; Felidae; Functional anatomy; Miocene; Spain

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CANIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EVOLUTION; FELIDAE; FORELIMB; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PLEISTOCENE; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMEGANTEREON OGYGIA; SPECIES COMPARISON; UPPER MIOCENE;

ANIMALS; CATS; CUSPID; EVOLUTION; FELIDAE; FOSSILS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPAIN; UPPER EXTREMITY;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CARNIVORA; FELIDAE; HOMOTHERIUM; SMILODON;

EID: 77949670995     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2009.01178.x     Document Type: Article

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