Megantereon adroveri from the Early Pleistocene of Taurida Cave, Crimea, and the European Lineage of Dirk-toothed Cats
Lavrov, A. V. (Russian Academy of Sciences. Borissiak Paleontological Institute)
Gimranov, Dmitry (Russian Academy of Sciences. Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology)
Madurell-Malapeira, Joan (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
Lopatin, A. V. (Russian Academy of Sciences. Borissiak Paleontological Institute)

Date:	2022
Abstract:	Recent field surveys performed in the newly-discovered Taurida Cave (Crimea, Russia, Late Villafranchian, 1. 8-1. 5 Ma) enabled us to unearth dentognathic remains of the dirk-toothed cat Megantereon. Here we describe in detail the recovered remains further comparing it anatomically and biometrically with coeval Eurasian and African sites. The performed analysis suggests the inclusion of the Taurida remains in the hypodigm of the Villafranchain European species Megantereon adroveri, a medium-sized saber-toothed cat poorly known in Europe as a consequence of the scarcity and fragmentary nature of the known remains. Our results and the putative transitional characters displayed by the Taurida specimen support the idea put forward by previous authors of a continuous European lineage of dirk-toothed cats.
Grants:	Agencia Estatal de Investigación CGL2017-82654-P Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017/SGR-116
Note:	Altres ajuts: CERCA Programme/Generalitat de Catalunya
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Megantereon ; Machairodontinae ; Mandibular corpus ; Pleistocene ; Late Villafranchian ; Crimea ; Russia
Published in:	Journal of Mammalian Evolution, Vol. 29 (2022) , p. 43-49, ISSN 1573-7055

DOI: 10.1007/s10914-021-09578-1

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