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Oldest Known Pantherine Skull and Evolution of the Tiger
The tiger is one of the most iconic extant animals, and its origin and evolution have been intensely debated. Fossils attributable to extant pantherine species-lineages are less than 2 MYA and the earliest tiger fossils are from the Calabrian, Lower Pleistocene. Molecular studies predict a much youn...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3189913/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22016768 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025483 |