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2 summaries matching “metailurus” in Paleontology & Fossil Felids
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…
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