Publications [#69191] of Adam Hartstone Ros

Papers Published

1. Hartstone-Rose A, DeRuiter D, Berger L, and Churchill S., A Saber-Tooth Felid from Coopers Cave (Gauteng, South Africa) and Its Implications for Megantereon (Felidae, Machairodontinae) Taxonomy., Paleontologica Africana (2007)
   (last updated on 2008/03/19)

   Abstract:
   Metrical and morphological analysis of a new saber-tooth felid mandible recovered from the Plio-Pleistocene hominid-bearing site of Coopers, South Africa indicates that it can be assigned to the genus Megantereon, though it is by some measures the smallest individual of this taxon yet described. Comparison of morphological variability within this genus to that found within four extant, medium sized felid species (Acinonyx jubatus, Neofelis nebulosa, Panthera pardus, and P. uncia) and the extinct genus Smilodon (sister taxon of Megantereon) provides confirmation of the suggestion by Martínez-Navarro and Palmqvist (1995, 1996) that Megantereon is a geographically polymorphic genus comprised of at least two species: M. cultridens (Cuvier, 1824) of North America, and Europe, and M. whitei (Broom, 1937) of Africa and Europe.

   Keywords:
   saber-tooth • sabre-tooth • Plio-Pleistocene • paleontology • carnivore