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Metailurus
About: Metailurus is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 8 publications have been published within this topic receiving 74 citations.
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TL;DR: A well-preserved felid skull from the Turolian of Karaslari (FY Republic of Macedonia) is described and assigned to a new taxon, Yoshi garevskii, suggesting that it represents the first attempt towards the morpho-functional model of this modern felid.
Abstract: A well-preserved felid skull from the Turolian (late Miocene) of Karaslari (FY Republic of Macedonia) is described and assigned to a new taxon, Yoshi garevskii, gen. et sp. nov. The new genus Yoshi is characterized by a round, short, and deep skull, and short canines that are somewhat transversely compressed but are not serrated. We assign to the same genus the poorly preserved skulls from the Aegean region described as Metailurus parvulus (Hensel, 1862), the Chinese type of “Metailurus” minor Zdansky, 1924, as well as some other skulls from China. The latter name thus becomes Y. minor (Zdansky, 1924), but the former name is a nomen dubium. The genus Metailurus Zdansky, 1924, is represented by the type-species M. major Zdansky, 1924; it considerably differs from the forms here referred to the new genus, and is closer to the Machairodontinae. Although definitely more plesiomorphic in dental features, Yoshi, especially Y. garevskii, reaches a high specialization in its skull shape, parallel to that of the cheetah, suggesting that it represents the first attempt towards the morpho-functional model of this modern felid.
26 citations
TL;DR: A partial skeleton of Metailurus parvulus from the Turolian site of Kerassia 1 (Northern Euboea, Greece) is described in this paper.
19 citations
TL;DR: In this article, several new fossil remains of Felidae from the late Miocene (Turolian age, MN 13, local zone M2) locality of Las Casiones (near the village of Villalge Baja, Teruel, Spain) are studied.
Abstract: Several new fossil remains of Felidae from the late Miocene (Turolian age, MN 13, local zone M2) locality of Las Casiones (near the village of Villalge Baja, Teruel, Spain) are studied in the present paper. This felid community includes the machairodontines Amphimachairodus giganteus, Paramachaerodus orientalis, and Metailurus major, and the felines Pristifelis attica and a small, undetermined species, previously unknown in the late Miocene. With this high diversity of felids, the environment of Las Casiones was probably relatively vegetated, with shrubs and trees that allowed smaller felid species to avoid dangerous encounters with the larger ones.
19 citations
1 Jan 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors described and analyzed a large number of mammalian fossils from the Bahe and Lantian formations of the Late Miocene (LME) and found that the following species are present: lctitherium viverrinum, Hyaenictitherium cf. wongii and Adcrocuta eximia (Hyaenidae), cf. Metailurus major and cf. metailurus parvulus (Felidae).
Abstract: Sediments of the Bahe and Lantian formations, Lantian area, Shaanxi Province, China, have produced a large number of mammalian fossils. This Late Miocene sequence provides evidence for a period of major changes in the physical environment of the region. The carnivoran fossils are described and analyzed herein. The following species are present: lctitherium viverrinum, Hyaenictitherium cf . H. wongii and Adcrocuta eximia ( Hyaenidae) , cf. Metailurus major and cf. Metailurus parvulus ( Felidae) . Although a difference in the composition of the carnivoran fauna is noted towards the boundary between the Bahe Formation (lower) and Lantian Formation (upper), the cause of this is yet to be determined.
13 citations
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