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6 summaries matching “felidae” in Paleontology & Fossil Felids on machairodontinae
Evolution of skull and mandible shape in cats (Carnivora: Felidae)
PaperThis study quantified variation in skull and lower-jaw shape across living and extinct cats to understand the patterns and constraints governing felid cranial evolution. Using morphometric analysis of…
Per Christiansen · PLoS ONE · 2008
Evolutionary History of Saber-Toothed Cats Based on Ancient Mitogenomics
PaperThis study recovered complete mitochondrial genomes from the dirk-toothed Smilodon and the scimitar-toothed Homotherium, allowing a genetic test of how these iconic sabertooths relate to one another a…
Johanna L. A. Paijmans, Ross Barnett, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, et al. · Current Biology · 2017
Phylogeny and evolution of cats (Felidae)
ReviewThis authoritative review chapter synthesizes the evolutionary history and phylogeny of the cat family, integrating fossil evidence with molecular data to present a comprehensive picture of how cats d…
Lars Werdelin, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, Warren E. Johnson, Stephen J. O'Brien · Biology and Conservation of Wild Felids (Oxford University Press) · 2010
Research overview: Metailurus and the metailurine sabertooths
OverviewThis overview surveys Metailurus, a medium-sized cat of the late Miocene and Pliocene that lends its name to the Metailurini, a tribe of machairodonts with only modestly developed sabre canines. Less…
Research overview: the major tribes of the Machairodontinae
OverviewThis overview surveys the internal classification of the Machairodontinae, the true sabertooth cats within the family Felidae. Researchers commonly divide the subfamily into several tribes: the Smilod…
Research overview: the split between conical-toothed and sabertoothed cats
OverviewThis overview examines the deep evolutionary divergence within Felidae between the Felinae, the conical-toothed cats that include all living species, and the Machairodontinae, the extinct sabertooths.…