Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Full reference: P. Teilhard de Chardin and J. Piveteau. 1930. Les mammifères fossiles de Nihowan (Chine). Annales de Paléontologie 19:1-154
Belongs to Machairodus according to P. Teilhard de Chardin and J. Piveteau 1930
Sister taxa: Machairodus africanus, Machairodus aphanistus, Machairodus catocopis, Machairodus giganteus, Machairodus irtyschensis, Machairodus ischimicus, Machairodus kurteni, Machairodus lahayishupup, Machairodus necator, Machairodus tanneri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Nihowan, N of Sanggan River, which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene fluvial-lacustrine horizon in China
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution: found only at Nihowan, N of Sanggan River
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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