Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Alternative combination: Machairodus hesperus
Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1933. New Felids from the upper Pliocene of Idaho. Journal of Mammalogy 14(3):251-256
Belongs to Megantereon according to A. Berta and H. Galiano 1983
See also Gazin 1933, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and Martin et al. 1988
Sister taxa: Megantereon cultridens, Megantereon eurynodon, Megantereon falconeri, Megantereon gracilis, Megantereon inexpectatus, Megantereon megantereon, Megantereon nihowanensis, Megantereon whitei
Type specimen: 12614, a mandible (partial left ramus)
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (3: Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska collections)
• Hemphillian of United States (3: Florida)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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