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| RodrĄguez-de la Rosa, R.A.; Polaco-Ramos, O.J.; Aguilar, F.J.; Guzm n-Gutirrez, J.R. | |
| Footprints of Machairodontid felids form the late Tertiary of central Mexico | |
| 2007 Conference Proceeding | |
The footprints attributed to Felidae are the main topic of this work, these show morphological features that relate them, positivelly, with a particular subfamily of cats, the Machairodontinae. The fossil record of footprints attributed to Felidae is scarce; the oldest feloid footprints are known from the Miocene site of Salinas de A¤ana, Spain; this record becomes little diverse in some Late Tertiary to Quaternary sites, where the footprints of small to large felids have been recorded; this record include footprints that represent small to large felids, such as those known as Felipeda and/or Pumaeichnium, footprints of an extinct subspecies of jaguar (_Panthera onca augusta_) and those of Panthera atrox, the extinct North American prehistoric lion |
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