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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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Autores principales: Mazák, Ji H., Christiansen, Per, Kitchener, Andrew C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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

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