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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: 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…