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9 summaries matching “tiger” in Paleontology & Fossil Felids
Body size of Smilodon (Mammalia: Felidae)
PaperThis study estimated body mass across the species of Smilodon using regression relationships between skeletal dimensions and body weight in living felids. The analysis confirmed that the South America…
Per Christiansen, John M. Harris · Journal of Morphology · 2005
Oldest Known Pantherine Skull and Evolution of the Tiger
PaperThis study described Panthera zdanskyi, an exceptionally complete fossil cat skull from northwestern China that illuminates the early evolution of the tiger lineage. Dated to the Pliocene, the specime…
Ji H. Mazak, Per Christiansen, Andrew C. Kitchener · PLoS ONE · 2011
Research overview: Panthera palaeosinensis and early big-cat evolution
OverviewThis overview surveys Panthera palaeosinensis, an early pantherine from the Pliocene of China that has figured prominently in debates about the origins of big cats. Known from cranial and dental mater…
Research overview: hyoid anatomy and vocalization in Smilodon
OverviewThis overview reviews what the preserved hyoid bones of Smilodon suggest about the sounds the sabertooth may have made. In living cats, the structure of the hyoid apparatus correlates with whether a s…
Research overview: molecular divergence dating of the Panthera radiation
OverviewThis overview examines how molecular clocks, calibrated with fossils, have been used to estimate when the living big cats diverged from one another. Genetic studies place the origin of the Panthera li…
Research overview: sabertooth versus conical-toothed killing strategies
OverviewThis overview compares the killing strategies of sabertooth cats with those of conical-toothed felids such as modern lions and tigers. Living big cats typically use short, robust canines and a powerfu…
Research overview: the fossil record and origins of the tiger
OverviewThis overview surveys the fossil evidence for the evolution of the tiger, Panthera tigris, centred on Asia where the species and its relatives arose. Early forms such as the Pliocene Panthera zdanskyi…
Research overview: the origin of the Panthera lineage of big cats
OverviewThis overview surveys evidence on where and when the Panthera lineage, the genus that includes lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars, and snow leopards, first arose. Molecular phylogenies place the diverge…
Research overview: the snow leopard and the base of the Panthera tree
OverviewThis overview surveys the evolutionary placement of the snow leopard within the big-cat genus Panthera and its relevance to fossil studies. Once isolated in its own genus, the snow leopard is now firm…