Machairodus kurteni Sotnikova 1991 (cat)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Full reference: M. V. Sotnikova. 1991. A new species of Machairodus from the late Miocene Kalmakpai locality in eastern Kazakhstan (USSR). Annales Zoologici Fennici 28(3-4):361-369

Belongs to Machairodus according to M. V. Sotnikova 1991

Sister taxa: Machairodus africanus, Machairodus aphanistus, Machairodus catocopis, Machairodus giganteus, Machairodus irtyschensis, Machairodus ischimicus, Machairodus lahayishupup, Machairodus necator, Machairodus nihowanensis, Machairodus tanneri

Type specimen: PIN 2433/287, a skull

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kalmakpay (Miocene of Kazakhstan)

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