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6 summaries matching “puma” in Paleontology & Fossil Felids on miracinonyx
Evolution of the extinct Sabretooths and the American cheetah-like cat
PaperThis study recovered ancient DNA from extinct North American cats, including the scimitar-toothed Homotherium and the cheetah-like Miracinonyx, to test their relationships against living felids. The g…
Ross Barnett, Ian Barnes, Matthew J. Phillips, Larry D. Martin, C. Richard Harington, Jennifer A. Leonard, Alan Cooper · Current Biology · 2005
Research overview: biogeography of the cheetah lineage across continents
OverviewThis overview examines the evolutionary geography of the cheetah lineage and its New World relatives. Molecular and fossil evidence indicate that the cheetah-puma group has a complex transatlantic his…
Research overview: convergence and the puma affinity of Miracinonyx
OverviewThis overview examines the evolutionary relationships of Miracinonyx and the now well-supported conclusion that its cheetah-like form arose through convergence rather than common ancestry with the tru…
Research overview: the fossil record of the puma lineage in the Americas
OverviewThis overview surveys the fossil history of the puma lineage, the New World group that includes the living puma and jaguarundi and is closely tied to the extinct American cheetah-like cat Miracinonyx.…
Research overview: the two species of Miracinonyx
OverviewThis overview surveys the two recognized species of the American cheetah-like cat, Miracinonyx trumani and Miracinonyx inexpectatus. Miracinonyx trumani is the more derived, strongly cursorial form, w…
The cheetah: native American?
PaperThis influential paper argued that the modern cheetah lineage had deep roots in the New World, drawing attention to the extinct North American cheetah-like cats now placed in the genus Miracinonyx. Ad…
Daniel B. Adams · Science · 1979