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First nimravid skull from Asia

Maofelis cantonensis gen. and sp. nov. is described based on a complete cranium from the middle-upper Eocene Youganwo Formation of Maoming Basin, Guangdong Province, China. The new taxon has characters diagnostic for Nimravidae such as a short cat-like skull, short palate, ventral surface of petrosa...

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Autores principales: Averianov, Alexander, Obraztsova, Ekaterina, Danilov, Igor, Skutschas, Pavel, Jin, Jianhua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4861911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27161785
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep25812