A sabre-tooth felid from Coopers Cave (Gauteng, South Africa) and its implications for Megantereon (Felidae: Machairodontinae) taxonomy

Palaeontologia Africana

Volumn 42, Issue , 2007, Pages 99-108

  Hartstone Rose, Adam ^a   De Ruiter, Darryl J ^b   Berger, Lee R ^c   Churchill, Steven E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carnivore; Palaeontology; Plio Pleistocene; Sabre tooth

Indexed keywords

ACINONYX JUBATUS; FELIDAE; HOMINIDAE; MEGANTEREON; MEGANTEREON WHITEI; NEOFELIS NEBULOSA; PANTHERA PARDUS; SMILODON; UNCIA;

EID: 84991817696     PISSN: 00788554     EISSN: 24104418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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