Amphimachairodus hezhengensis Jiangzuo et al. 2023 (cat)

Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

Full reference: Q. Jiangzuo, L. Werdelin, O. Sanisidro, R. Yang, J. Fu2, S. Li, S. Wang and T. Deng. 2023. Origin of adaptations to openenvironments and social behaviour insabretoothed cats from the northeasternborder of the Tibetan Plateau. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290:20230019

Belongs to Amphimachairodus according to Q. Jiangzuo et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Amphimachairodus alvarezi, Amphimachairodus coloradensis, Amphimachairodus giganteus, Amphimachairodus horribilis

Type specimen: HMV2041, a partial skull (a nearly complete cranium )

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Amphimachairodus hezhengensis in the database

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