Langebaanweg's sabertooth guild reveals an African Pliocene evolutionary hotspot for sabertooths (Carnivora; Felidae).

Biological sciences Paleobiology Zoology

Journal

iScience
ISSN: 2589-0042
Titre abrégé: iScience
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101724038

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
18 Aug 2023
Historique:
received: 25 04 2023
revised: 29 05 2023
accepted: 22 06 2023
medline: 23 8 2023
pubmed: 23 8 2023
entrez: 23 8 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Here, we describe and revise craniodental material from Langebaanweg 'E' Quarry (South Africa, early Pliocene, ∼5.2 Ma), which represents one of the largest and best-preserved collections of sabertooth felids from Mio-Pliocene deposits of Africa. Four taxa, including two new species, are recognized:

Identifiants

pubmed: 37609637
doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107212
pii: S2589-0042(23)01289-0
pmc: PMC10440717
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

107212

Informations de copyright

© 2023 The Author(s).

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare no competing interests.

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Auteurs

Qigao Jiangzuo (Q)

Key Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100044, China.
Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China.
CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing 100044, China.
Division of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY 10024, USA.

Caitlin Rabe (C)

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7701, South Africa.

Juan Abella (J)

Departament de Botànica i Geologia, Grup d'Investigació en Paleontologia de Vertebrats del Cenozoic (PVC-GIUV), Universitat de València, Burjassot, 46100 València, Spain.
Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193 Barcelona, Spain.
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Quito 170131, Ecuador.

Romala Govender (R)

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7701, South Africa.
Research and Exhibitions, Iziko Museums of South Africa, Cape Town 8001, South Africa.

Alberto Valenciano (A)

Research and Exhibitions, Iziko Museums of South Africa, Cape Town 8001, South Africa.
Departamento de Estratigrafía, Geodinámica y Paleontología, Faculty of Geological Sciences, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.

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