A New Machairodont from the Palmetto Fauna (Early Pliocene) of Florida, with Comments on the Origin of the Smilodontini (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae)

South-central Florida’s latest Hemphillian Palmetto Fauna includes two machairodontine felids, the lion-sized Machairodus coloradensis and a smaller, jaguar-sized species, initially referred to Megantereon hesperus based on a single, relatively incomplete mandible. This made the latter the oldest re...

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Autores principales: Wallace, Steven C., Hulbert, Richard C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3596359/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23516394
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056173

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3596359/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23516394
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056173

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