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Saber-Toothed Cats (Carnivora, Felidae, Machairodoninae) from the Lower Pleistocene of the Taurida Cave, Crimea

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This paper describes the maxillaries of adult specimens of saber-toothed cats Homotherium crenatidens (Fabrini, 1890) and Megantereon sp. from the Taurida Cave (Crimea, Late Villafranchian; age, 1.8–1.5 Ma). We discuss the morphometric variability in the morphology of the upper carnassials and the length of the С1–Р3 diastema.

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This study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 19-05-00982.

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  1. Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117647, Moscow, Russia

    A. V. Lavrov

  2. Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 620144, Yekaterinburg, Russia

    D. O. Gimranov

  3. Ural Federal University, 620075, Yekaterinburg, Russia

    D. O. Gimranov

  4. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, 295033, Simferopol, Russia

    D. B. Startsev

  5. Karpinsky Russian Geological Research Institute, 199106, St. Petersburg, Russia

    B. A. Zaitsev

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Lavrov, A.V., Gimranov, D.O., Startsev, D.B. et al. Saber-Toothed Cats (Carnivora, Felidae, Machairodoninae) from the Lower Pleistocene of the Taurida Cave, Crimea. Dokl Biol Sci 495, 272–275 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012496620060034

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