Cheetah Acinonyx pardinensis (Felidae, Carnivora) from the Early Pleistocene of Crimea (Taurida Cave).
Acinonyx pardinensis
Crimea
Late Villafranchian
Taurida cave
felids
Journal
Doklady biological sciences : proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Biological sciences sections
ISSN: 1608-3105
Titre abrégé: Dokl Biol Sci
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7505459
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
28 Aug 2024
28 Aug 2024
Historique:
received:
28
05
2024
accepted:
30
06
2024
revised:
25
06
2024
medline:
31
8
2024
pubmed:
31
8
2024
entrez:
30
8
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
A mandible fragment of Acinonyx pardinensis (Croizet et Jobert, 1828) is described from the Early Pleistocene locality in the Taurida cave (Crimea, Late Villafranchian, about 1.8-1.5 Ma). This is the first discovery of the genus Acinonyx in the Pleistocene of Crimea. Along with other felids, such as Homotherium, Megantereon, Panthera, Lynx, and Puma, cheetahs were typical representatives of the Late Villafranchian faunas of Eurasia. In the Taurida locality, Acinonyx pardinensis is co-occurred with Homotherium crenatidens, Megantereon adroveri, and Lynx issiodorensis.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39212883
doi: 10.1134/S0012496624701175
pii: 10.1134/S0012496624701175
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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© 2024. Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
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