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Research overview: Megantereon, the dirk-toothed precursor of Smilodon
OverviewThis overview examines Megantereon, a relatively small but powerfully built dirk-toothed cat of the Pliocene and early Pleistocene whose remains are known from Africa, Eurasia, and North America. With…
Research overview: Paramachairodus and Promegantereon, early dirk-toothed cats of Spain
OverviewThis overview surveys the early machairodonts Paramachairodus and the closely related Promegantereon, small to mid-sized dirk-toothed cats known from the late Miocene of Spain. Exceptional material fr…
Research overview: scimitar-toothed versus dirk-toothed sabercats
OverviewThis overview explains the long-recognized morphological divide among sabertooth cats between scimitar-toothed forms, such as Homotherium, and dirk-toothed forms, such as Smilodon and Megantereon. Sci…
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…
The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives
ReviewThis influential book provides a comprehensive illustrated survey of the cat family and its extinct members, combining scientific synthesis with detailed reconstructions of fossil felids and their sab…
Alan Turner, Mauricio Anton · Columbia University Press · 1997