Carnivoran remains from the Malapa hominin site, South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Kuhn, Brian F ^a   Werdelin, Lars ^b   Hartstone Rose, Adam ^c   Lacruz, Rodrigo S ^d   Berger, Lee R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACINONYX JUBATUS; ARTICLE; ATILAX; CANIDAE; CARNIVORA; CROCUTA CROCUTA; DENTITION; DINOFELIS; DINOFELIS BARLOWI; DINOFELIS PIVETEAUI; FELIDAE; FELIS MARGARITA; FELIS NIGRIPES; FELIS SILVESTRIS; FOSSIL HOMININ; GENETTA; GENUS; MANDIBLE; MEASUREMENT; MEGANTEREON CULTRIDENS; MEGANTEREON WHITEI; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PANTHERA PARDUS; PARAHYAENA BRUNNEA; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SOUTH AFRICA; TAXONOMY; VULPES; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ATILAX; AUSTRALOPITHECUS; CANIDAE; DINOFELIS; FELIDAE; FELIS NIGRIPES; GENETTA; HERPESTIDAE; HYAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; PANTHERA PARDUS; PARAHYAENA BRUNNEA; VIVERRIDAE; VULPES; VULPES CHAMA;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; FOSSILS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80455158140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026940     Document Type: Article

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