Name - Megantereon whitei

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1303839 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Megantereon whitei (Broom 1937)

• Megantereon whitei Martinez-Navarro & Palmqvist 1995

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Recent Publications

• Presence of the African machairodont Megantereon whitei (Broom, 1937) (Felidae, Carnivora, Mammalia) in the Lower Pleistocene site of Venta Micena (Orce, Granada, Spain), with some considerations on the origin, evolution and dispersal of the genus.
• On the ecological connection between sabre-tooths and hominids: faunal dispersal events in the Lower Pleistocene and a review of the evidence for the first human arrival in Europe.
• The African species Megantereon whitei from the Early Pleistocene of Monte Argentario (South Tuscany, Central Italy).
• CT scanning analysis of Megantereon whitei (Carnivora, Machairodontinae) from Monte Argentario (Early Pleistocene, central Italy): evidence of atavistic teeth.
• On a New Find of Megantereon (Carnivora, Felidae, Machairodontinae) from the Early Pleistocene of Trlica (Montenegro, the Central Balkans).

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