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<taxonomicName id="4C3FD38CFD07FFB2FE890FEED4B429AA" authority="(Broom, 1937)" baseAuthorityName="Broom" baseAuthorityYear="1937" box="[261,646,1235,1262]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Megantereon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="8" pageNumber="323" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="whitei">
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<emphasis id="B94B741DFD07FFB2FE890FEED7EE29AA" bold="true" box="[261,476,1235,1262]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">Megantereon whitei</emphasis>
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(
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<bibRefCitation id="EFAED5FEFD07FFB2FE660FEED44C29AA" author="BROOM R." box="[490,638,1236,1262]" pageId="8" pageNumber="323" pagination="750 - 768" refId="ref15724" refString="BROOM R. 1937. - On some new Pleistocene mammals from limestone caves of the Transvaal. South African Journal of Science 33: 750 - 768." type="journal article" year="1937">Broom, 1937</bibRefCitation>
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(
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<figureCitation id="1304B48AFD07FFB2FE2A0FC9D7D7284A" box="[422,485,1267,1294]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="8.[132,143,1016,1034]" captionTargetBox="[160,1420,215,975]" captionTargetId="figure-716@8.[698,1267,196,750]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIG. 5. — Craniodental felid specimens; A-D, Megantereon whitei (Broom, 1937); A, CD 5963, buccal view of right mandible; B, CD 5997, buccal view of left mandible; C, D, CD 10452 in buccal (C) and lingual (D) views of lower M; E, cf. Megantereon whitei, CD 10497, left upper I3 with two cusplets on medial surface; 1 F, G, Machairodontinae indet.,CD 3835,right upper P3 in lingual (F) and occlusal (G) views;Acinonyx jubatus(Schreber,1775),CD 3871, left upper P4 lacking protocone in occlusal (H) and lingual (I) views;J, K, Felis sp.: CD 675,right mandible with lower P3 and partial P4 in buccal (J) and lingual (K) views. Scale bars: 1 cm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5206135" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5206135/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
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)
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MATERIAL EXAMINED. —
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. CD 5963, right posterior mandible fragment with M
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roots (
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<figureCitation id="1304B48AFD07FFB2FE410E7DD427281B" box="[461,533,1351,1375]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="8.[132,143,1016,1034]" captionTargetBox="[160,1420,215,975]" captionTargetId="figure-716@8.[698,1267,196,750]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIG. 5. — Craniodental felid specimens; A-D, Megantereon whitei (Broom, 1937); A, CD 5963, buccal view of right mandible; B, CD 5997, buccal view of left mandible; C, D, CD 10452 in buccal (C) and lingual (D) views of lower M; E, cf. Megantereon whitei, CD 10497, left upper I3 with two cusplets on medial surface; 1 F, G, Machairodontinae indet.,CD 3835,right upper P3 in lingual (F) and occlusal (G) views;Acinonyx jubatus(Schreber,1775),CD 3871, left upper P4 lacking protocone in occlusal (H) and lingual (I) views;J, K, Felis sp.: CD 675,right mandible with lower P3 and partial P4 in buccal (J) and lingual (K) views. Scale bars: 1 cm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5206135" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5206135/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">Fig. 5A</figureCitation>
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); CD 5997, left mandible from symphysis to M
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<figureCitation id="1304B48AFD07FFB2FEEF0E5BD79B283D" box="[355,425,1377,1401]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="8.[132,143,1016,1034]" captionTargetBox="[160,1420,215,975]" captionTargetId="figure-716@8.[698,1267,196,750]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIG. 5. — Craniodental felid specimens; A-D, Megantereon whitei (Broom, 1937); A, CD 5963, buccal view of right mandible; B, CD 5997, buccal view of left mandible; C, D, CD 10452 in buccal (C) and lingual (D) views of lower M; E, cf. Megantereon whitei, CD 10497, left upper I3 with two cusplets on medial surface; 1 F, G, Machairodontinae indet.,CD 3835,right upper P3 in lingual (F) and occlusal (G) views;Acinonyx jubatus(Schreber,1775),CD 3871, left upper P4 lacking protocone in occlusal (H) and lingual (I) views;J, K, Felis sp.: CD 675,right mandible with lower P3 and partial P4 in buccal (J) and lingual (K) views. Scale bars: 1 cm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5206135" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5206135/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">Fig. 5B</figureCitation>
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, and see Hartstone-Rose
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<emphasis id="B94B741DFD07FFB2FD1A0E58D4F1283D" box="[662,707,1377,1401]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">et al.</emphasis>
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2007); CD 10452, damaged right M
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(
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;
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); Postcranial: CD 3221, left proximal tibial epiphysis; CD 7336, left navicular; CD 5978, right navicular.
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<paragraph id="8B80A80FFD07FFB2FF080EC9D4532B4F" blockId="8.[132,776,1523,2028]" box="[132,609,1523,1549]" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">DESCRIPTION AND TAXONOMIC ASSIGNMENT</paragraph>
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The three craniodental specimens are clearly attributable to
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<emphasis id="B94B741DFD07FFB2FF6C0D09D7422B08" box="[224,368,1587,1612]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">Megantereon</emphasis>
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<figureCitation id="1304B48AFD07FFB2FE090D08D7F82B09" box="[389,458,1586,1613]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="8.[132,143,1016,1034]" captionTargetBox="[160,1420,215,975]" captionTargetId="figure-716@8.[698,1267,196,750]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIG. 5. — Craniodental felid specimens; A-D, Megantereon whitei (Broom, 1937); A, CD 5963, buccal view of right mandible; B, CD 5997, buccal view of left mandible; C, D, CD 10452 in buccal (C) and lingual (D) views of lower M; E, cf. Megantereon whitei, CD 10497, left upper I3 with two cusplets on medial surface; 1 F, G, Machairodontinae indet.,CD 3835,right upper P3 in lingual (F) and occlusal (G) views;Acinonyx jubatus(Schreber,1775),CD 3871, left upper P4 lacking protocone in occlusal (H) and lingual (I) views;J, K, Felis sp.: CD 675,right mandible with lower P3 and partial P4 in buccal (J) and lingual (K) views. Scale bars: 1 cm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5206135" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5206135/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
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A-D). The most complete, CD 5997, is shown in
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<figureCitation id="1304B48AFD07FFB2FE170D68D7C02B29" box="[411,498,1618,1645]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="8.[132,143,1016,1034]" captionTargetBox="[160,1420,215,975]" captionTargetId="figure-716@8.[698,1267,196,750]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIG. 5. — Craniodental felid specimens; A-D, Megantereon whitei (Broom, 1937); A, CD 5963, buccal view of right mandible; B, CD 5997, buccal view of left mandible; C, D, CD 10452 in buccal (C) and lingual (D) views of lower M; E, cf. Megantereon whitei, CD 10497, left upper I3 with two cusplets on medial surface; 1 F, G, Machairodontinae indet.,CD 3835,right upper P3 in lingual (F) and occlusal (G) views;Acinonyx jubatus(Schreber,1775),CD 3871, left upper P4 lacking protocone in occlusal (H) and lingual (I) views;J, K, Felis sp.: CD 675,right mandible with lower P3 and partial P4 in buccal (J) and lingual (K) views. Scale bars: 1 cm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5206135" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5206135/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">Fig. 5B</figureCitation>
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and fully described by Hartstone-Rose
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<emphasis id="B94B741DFD07FFB2FEB50D49D7542BC8" box="[313,358,1650,1676]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">et al</emphasis>
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. (2007). The other
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are also from the lower jaws.
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CD 5963 is a posterior fragment of mandible, broken horizontally above the condyle and also anterior to the M
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alveolus (
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<figureCitation id="1304B48AFD07FFB2FE950DC8D75D2A48" box="[281,367,1778,1805]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="8.[132,143,1016,1034]" captionTargetBox="[160,1420,215,975]" captionTargetId="figure-716@8.[698,1267,196,750]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIG. 5. — Craniodental felid specimens; A-D, Megantereon whitei (Broom, 1937); A, CD 5963, buccal view of right mandible; B, CD 5997, buccal view of left mandible; C, D, CD 10452 in buccal (C) and lingual (D) views of lower M; E, cf. Megantereon whitei, CD 10497, left upper I3 with two cusplets on medial surface; 1 F, G, Machairodontinae indet.,CD 3835,right upper P3 in lingual (F) and occlusal (G) views;Acinonyx jubatus(Schreber,1775),CD 3871, left upper P4 lacking protocone in occlusal (H) and lingual (I) views;J, K, Felis sp.: CD 675,right mandible with lower P3 and partial P4 in buccal (J) and lingual (K) views. Scale bars: 1 cm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5206135" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5206135/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">Fig. 5A</figureCitation>
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). The masseteric fossa is shallow and extends to the posterior root of the M
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, but the most notable feature is the very small distance (
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) between the angle of the ramus and the condylar process. The coronoid process must have been correspondingly small, and this indicates that the specimen can only have belonged to a very small machiarodont. CD 5963 is of similar size to CD5997, although the carnassial in CD 5963 may have been slightly larger. CD 10452 is an unworn M
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that is broken across the protoconid (
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<figureCitation id="1304B48AFD07FFB2FBA60F8ED296298A" box="[1066,1188,1204,1231]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="8.[132,143,1016,1034]" captionTargetBox="[160,1420,215,975]" captionTargetId="figure-716@8.[698,1267,196,750]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIG. 5. — Craniodental felid specimens; A-D, Megantereon whitei (Broom, 1937); A, CD 5963, buccal view of right mandible; B, CD 5997, buccal view of left mandible; C, D, CD 10452 in buccal (C) and lingual (D) views of lower M; E, cf. Megantereon whitei, CD 10497, left upper I3 with two cusplets on medial surface; 1 F, G, Machairodontinae indet.,CD 3835,right upper P3 in lingual (F) and occlusal (G) views;Acinonyx jubatus(Schreber,1775),CD 3871, left upper P4 lacking protocone in occlusal (H) and lingual (I) views;J, K, Felis sp.: CD 675,right mandible with lower P3 and partial P4 in buccal (J) and lingual (K) views. Scale bars: 1 cm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5206135" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5206135/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">Fig. 5C, D</figureCitation>
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). The paraconid is small (length:
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<quantity id="4CC705EAFD07FFB2FC000FEED5D429AA" box="[908,998,1236,1262]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.7" pageId="8" pageNumber="323" unit="mm" value="8.7">8.7 mm</quantity>
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) with a relatively larger protoconid. It is much smaller than KA64, and is most similar to the heavily damaged
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<typeStatus id="548416ADFD07FFB2FC1B0E2ED5F4286A" box="[919,966,1300,1326]" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">type</typeStatus>
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specimen of
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<taxonomicName id="4C3FD38CFD07FFB2FBED0E2ED3072869" baseAuthorityName="Broom" baseAuthorityYear="1937" box="[1121,1333,1299,1325]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Megantereon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="8" pageNumber="323" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="whitei">
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<emphasis id="B94B741DFD07FFB2FBED0E2ED3072869" box="[1121,1333,1299,1325]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">Megantereon whitei</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(TM 856) from Schurveberg (
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<bibRefCitation id="EFAED5FEFD07FFB2FC750E0ED2B32809" author="BROOM R." box="[1017,1153,1331,1358]" pageId="8" pageNumber="323" pagination="750 - 768" refId="ref15724" refString="BROOM R. 1937. - On some new Pleistocene mammals from limestone caves of the Transvaal. South African Journal of Science 33: 750 - 768." type="journal article" year="1937">Broom 1937</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="EFAED5FEFD07FFB2FB000E0ED3122809" author="TURNER A." box="[1164,1312,1331,1358]" pageId="8" pageNumber="323" pagination="1256 - 1268" refId="ref17895" refString="TURNER A. 1987 b. - Megantereon cultridens (Cuvier) (Mammalia, Felidae, Machairodontinae) from Plio-Pleistocene deposits in Africa and Eurasia, with comments on dispersal and the possibility of a New World Origin. Journal of Paleontology 61: 1256 - 1268. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0022336000029632" type="journal article" year="1987">Turner 1987b</bibRefCitation>
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). In contrast, both the P
|
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<subScript id="17BBAA4AFD07FFB2FC240E5AD5802835" attach="left" box="[936,946,1376,1393]" fontSize="7" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">4</subScript>
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and M
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<subScript id="17BBAA4AFD07FFB2FB850E5AD2212835" attach="left" box="[1033,1043,1376,1393]" fontSize="7" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">1</subScript>
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of CD 5997 are smaller than those of TM 856. As discussed by Hartstone-Rose
|
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<emphasis id="B94B741DFD07FFB2FAA90E4ED36928C9" box="[1317,1371,1395,1421]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">et al.</emphasis>
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(2007) the previously known
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C3FD38CFD07FFB2FBBD0EAED33828E9" baseAuthorityName="Broom" baseAuthorityYear="1937" box="[1073,1290,1427,1453]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Megantereon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="8" pageNumber="323" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="whitei">
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||
<emphasis id="B94B741DFD07FFB2FBBD0EAED33828E9" box="[1073,1290,1427,1453]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">Megantereon whitei</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
material from Coopers D is very small, and these specimens fit within that hypodigm. They most closely fit with the morphology of the
|
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<typeStatus id="548416ADFD07FFB2FCF50EC9D59B2B49" box="[889,937,1523,1549]" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">type</typeStatus>
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||
specimen of
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C3FD38CFD07FFB2FBC40EC9D2862B49" baseAuthorityName="Broom" baseAuthorityYear="1937" box="[1096,1204,1523,1549]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Megantereon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="8" pageNumber="323" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="whitei">
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<emphasis id="B94B741DFD07FFB2FBC40EC9D2862B49" box="[1096,1204,1523,1549]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">M. whitei</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and there is growing consensus that
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C3FD38CFD07FFB2FC6C0D29D27C2B68" baseAuthorityName="Broom" baseAuthorityYear="1937" box="[992,1102,1554,1580]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Megantereon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="8" pageNumber="323" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="whitei">
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<emphasis id="B94B741DFD07FFB2FC6C0D29D27C2B68" box="[992,1102,1554,1580]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">M. whitei</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is the only Pleistocene species of the genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C3FD38CFD07FFB2FC300D09D2762B08" authorityName="Croizet & Jobert" authorityYear="1828" box="[956,1092,1587,1612]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Megantereon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="8" pageNumber="323" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B94B741DFD07FFB2FC300D09D2762B08" box="[956,1092,1587,1612]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">Megantereon</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in Africa (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFAED5FEFD07FFB2FB320D08D39A2B09" author="PALMQVIST P. & TORREGROSA V. & CLAROS J. A. & NAVARRO B. & TURNER A." box="[1214,1448,1586,1613]" pageId="8" pageNumber="323" pagination="160 - 175" refId="ref17448" refString="PALMQVIST P., TORREGROSA V., PEREZ- CLAROS J. A., MARTINEZ- NAVARRO B. & TURNER A. 2007. - A re-evaluation of the diversity of Megantereon (Mammalia, Carnivora, Machairodontinae) and the problem of species identification in extinct carnivores. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27: 160 - 175. https: // doi. org / 10.1671 / 0272 - 4634 (2007) 27 [160: AROTDO] 2.0. CO; 2" type="journal article" year="2007">
|
||
Palmqvist
|
||
<emphasis id="B94B741DFD07FFB2FABE0D09D3552B08" box="[1330,1383,1586,1612]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
2007
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFAED5FEFD07FFB2FCA10D68D20F2B28" author="WERDELIN L. & PEIGNE S." box="[813,1085,1618,1644]" pageId="8" pageNumber="323" pagination="602 - 657" refId="ref18092" refString="WERDELIN L. & PEIGNE S. 2010. - Carnivora, in WERDELIN L. & SANDERS W. J. (eds), Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press, Berkeley: 602 - 657." type="book chapter" year="2010">Werdelin & Peigné 2010</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Therefore the Cooper’s D specimens are assigned to this species.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8B80A80FFD07FFB2FCC80DA8D3B92AAF" blockId="8.[811,1457,1172,2028]" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">
|
||
Three postcranial specimens have also been assigned to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C3FD38CFD07FFB2FCA30D89D5A52B88" baseAuthorityName="Broom" baseAuthorityYear="1937" box="[815,919,1714,1740]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Megantereon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="8" pageNumber="323" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="whitei">
|
||
<emphasis id="B94B741DFD07FFB2FCA30D89D5A52B88" box="[815,919,1714,1740]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">M. whitei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. An isolated proximal epiphysis from a left tibia with some damage to the ventral edge (CD 3221) is an excellent match for KB 5333M, a partial skeleton of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C3FD38CFD07FFB2FAEC0DC9D5862A68" baseAuthorityName="Broom" baseAuthorityYear="1937" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Megantereon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="8" pageNumber="323" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="whitei">
|
||
<emphasis id="B94B741DFD07FFB2FAEC0DC9D5862A68" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">Megantereon whitei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
published by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFAED5FEFD07FFB2FBDF0C28D2E82A68" author="VRBA E. S." box="[1107,1242,1810,1836]" pageId="8" pageNumber="323" pagination="17 - 60" refId="ref18005" refString="VRBA E. S. 1981. - The Kromdraai australopithecine site revisited in 1980; recent investigations and results. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 33: 17 - 60." type="journal article" year="1981">Vrba (1981)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
. The two naviculae (CD 7336 and CD 5978) may be antimeres and are very similar to the illustrations of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C3FD38CFD07FFB2FBFA0C68D39D2A28" authority="(Cuvier, 1824)" baseAuthorityName="Cuvier" baseAuthorityYear="1824" box="[1142,1455,1873,1900]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Megantereon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="8" pageNumber="323" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cultridens">
|
||
<emphasis id="B94B741DFD07FFB2FBFA0C68D3372A2F" box="[1142,1285,1873,1899]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">M. cultridens</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFAED5FEFD07FFB2FA9F0C6BD3952A28" author="CUVIER G." box="[1299,1447,1873,1900]" pageId="8" pageNumber="323" refId="ref16015" refString="CUVIER G. 1824. - Recherches sur les ossemens fossils, ou l'on retablit les charateres de plusieurs animaux don't les revolutions du globe ont detruit les especes. Vol. 4, 514 p." type="book" year="1824">Cuvier, 1824</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from Senéze (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFAED5FEFD07FFB2FC320C4BD3222ACF" author="CHRISTIANSEN P. & ADOLFSSEN J. S." box="[958,1296,1905,1931]" pageId="8" pageNumber="323" pagination="833 - 884" refId="ref15914" refString="CHRISTIANSEN P. & ADOLFSSEN J. S. 2007. - Osteology and ecology of Megantereon cultridens SE 311 (Mammalia; Felidae; Machairodontinae), a sabrecat from the Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene of Seneze, France. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 151: 833 - 884. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.2007.00333. x" type="journal article" year="2007">Christiansen & Adolfssen 2007</bibRefCitation>
|
||
) and KB 6018 (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C3FD38CFD07FFB2FCBA0CA8D2372AEF" baseAuthorityName="Broom" baseAuthorityYear="1937" box="[822,1029,1937,1963]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Megantereon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="8" pageNumber="323" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="whitei">
|
||
<emphasis id="B94B741DFD07FFB2FCBA0CA8D2372AEF" box="[822,1029,1937,1963]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">Megantereon whitei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
). In comparison with DN 2571 (here referred to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C3FD38CFD07FFB2FC280C88D20A2A8F" authorityName="Werdelin & Lewis" authorityYear="2001" box="[932,1080,1969,1995]" class="Mammalia" family="Felidae" genus="Dinofelis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carnivora" pageId="8" pageNumber="323" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aronoki">
|
||
<emphasis id="B94B741DFD07FFB2FC280C88D5F22A8F" box="[932,960,1970,1995]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">D.</emphasis>
|
||
cf.
|
||
<emphasis id="B94B741DFD07FFB2FC640C8BD20A2A8F" box="[1000,1080,1969,1995]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="323">aronoki</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) the two Cooper’s D naviculae are smaller, not so thick and have less clearly defined facets.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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