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Megantereon cultridens (Cuvier) (Mammalia, Felidae, Machairodontinae) from Plio-Pleistocene deposits in Africa and Eurasia, with comments on dispersal and the possibility of a New World origin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Alan Turner
Alan Turner*
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Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, England
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Abstract

African machairodont specimens previously referred to three species of Megantereon are considered to represent a single species in turn argued to be conspecific with the Eurasian species Megantereon cultridens (Cuvier). The area of origin of Megantereon remains unclear, but doubt is expressed about claims for an earliest appearance of the genus in North America. It is probable that the North American species M. hesperus is a junior synonym of M. cultridens.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 61 , Issue 6 , November 1987 , pp. 1256 - 1268
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