Homotherium ischyrus Merriam 1905

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Alternative combinations: Dinobastis ischyrus, Ischyrosmilus ischyrus, Machaerodus ischyrus

Full reference: J. C. Merriam. 1905. A New Sabre-Tooth From California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 4(9):171-175

Belongs to Homotherium according to M. Anton et al. 2014

See also Berta and Galiano 1983, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Martin et al. 1988, Merriam 1918 and Merriam 1919

Sister taxa: Homotherium crenatidens, Homotherium crusafonti, Homotherium hadarensis, Homotherium idahoensis, Homotherium johnstoni, Homotherium latidens, Homotherium problematicum, Homotherium sainzelli, Homotherium ultimum

Type specimen: UCMP 8140, a mandible

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Homotherium ischyrus in the database

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