THE EARLY AND MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE SABERTOOTHED CATS IN EUROPE: TAXONOMY, BIOCHRONOLOGY AND PALEOECOLOGY.

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Published: 2011-01-15
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26382/
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biochronology, mammals, dispersal events, paleoecology, terrestrial ecosystems

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Raffaele Sardella
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università “Sapienza”, Roma
Dawid Adam Iurino
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università “Sapienza”, Roma

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ABSTRACT: Sardella R. & Iurino D., The Early and Middle Pleistocene sabertoothed cats in Europe: taxonomy, biochronology and paleoecology. (IT ISSN 0394-3356, 2011) Two different groups of sabertoothed cats (Machairodontinae, Felidae, Mammalia) characterized the Early Pleistocene terrestrial ecosystems in Europe: Homotherium and Meganteron. The taxonomy of these felids is matter of debate, and their importance in biochronology and paleocology is analyzed. In Europe Megantereon become exctinct at the end of Early Pleistocene, while Homotherium seems to survive until the Late Pleistocene.

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Vol. 24 No. Extended Abstract (2011): IL QUATERNARIO

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THE EARLY AND MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE SABERTOOTHED CATS IN EUROPE: TAXONOMY, BIOCHRONOLOGY AND PALEOECOLOGY. (R. Sardella & D. A. Iurino , Trans.). (2011). Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary, 24(Extended Abstract), 170-171. https://doi.org/10.26382/