Interpreting sabretooth cat (Carnivora; Felidae; Machairodontinae) postcranial morphology in light of scaling patterns in felids

Carnivoran Evolution: New Views on Phylogeny, Form, and Function

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 411-465

  Lewis, Margaret E ^a   Lague, Michael R ^a  

^a RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139193436.015     Document Type: Chapter

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