剑齿虎属
剑齿虎属(Machairodus)通称为短剑虎或短剑剑齿虎,是生存于1100-1.2万年前欧洲、亚洲、非洲及北美洲的大型剑齿虎亚科动物。剑齿虎属的物种在体型及比例上有很大的差异,最大约有狮子的大小。牠们有很大的犬齿,齿上有锯齿,但在几年内就会磨损。[1]
剑齿虎属 化石时期:
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M. aphanistus的头骨 | |
科学分类 | |
界: | 动物界 Animalia |
门: | 脊索动物门 Chordata |
纲: | 哺乳纲 Mammalia |
目: | 食肉目 Carnivora |
科: | 猫科 Felidae |
演化级: | 假猫级 Pseudaelurus |
亚科: | †剑齿虎亚科 Machairodontinae |
族: | †短剑剑齿虎族 Machairodontini |
属: | †剑齿虎属 Machairodus Kaup, 1833 |
模式种 | |
阿芬短剑剑齿虎 Machairodus aphanistus Kaup, 1833
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已描述的物种
本属已经描述的包括以下物种:
- Machairodus alberdiae Ginsburg et al., 1981
- 阿芬短剑剑齿虎 Machairodus aphanistus Kaup, 1832[2]
- Machairodus laskerevi Sotnikova, 1992[3]
- Machairodus pseudaeluroides Schmidt-Kittler, 1976[3]
- Machairodus robinsoni Kurtén, 1975
- Machairodus horribilis Schlosser, 1903
- Machairodus kabir Peigne et al. 2005[4][5]
- Machairodus lahayishupup Orcut, 2021
参考文献
- ^ Turner, Alan. The Big Cats and their fossil relatives. New York: Columbia University Press. 1997: 43-48. ISBN 0-231-10228-3.
- ^ Manuel J. Salesa, Bárbara Hernández, Pilar Marín, Gema Siliceo, Irene Martínez, Mauricio Antón, María Isabel García-Real, Juan Francisco Pastor and Rosa Ana García-Fernández. 2024. New insights on the Ecology and Behavior of Machairodus aphanistus (Carnivora, Felidae, Machairodontinae) through the Paleopathological Study of the Fossil Sample from the Late Miocene (Vallesian, MN 10) of Cerro de los Batallones (Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid, Spain). Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 31, 21. DOI: 10.1007/s10914-024-09721-8
- ^ 3.0 3.1 Antón (2013).
- ^ 存档副本. [2019-10-18]. (原始内容存档于2016-03-21).
- ^ Peigné, Stéphane, et al. "A new machairodontine (Carnivora, Felidae) from the Late Miocene hominid locality of TM 266, Toros-Menalla, Chad." Comptes Rendus Palevol 4.3 (2005): 243-253.