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Langebaanweg’s sabertooth guild reveals an African Pliocene evolutionary hotspot for sabertooths (Carnivora; Felidae)

Here, we describe and revise craniodental material from Langebaanweg ‘E’ Quarry (South Africa, early Pliocene, ∼5.2 Ma), which represents one of the largest and best-preserved collections of sabertooth felids from Mio-Pliocene deposits of Africa. Four taxa, including two new species, are recognized:...

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Autores principales: Jiangzuo, Qigao, Rabe, Caitlin, Abella, Juan, Govender, Romala, Valenciano, Alberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10440717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37609637
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.107212