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On Two Skulls of Machairodus from the Lower Pleistocene Beds of Choukoutien
Author(s) -
Teilhard De Chardin P.
Publication year - 1939
Publication title -
bulletin of the geological society of china
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1755-6724
pISSN - 1673-274X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6724.1939.mp19003002.x
Subject(s) - pleistocene , paleontology , early pleistocene , geology , persistence (discontinuity) , geography , geotechnical engineering
Two exceptionally well preserved skulls of Machairodus found in the Lower Pleistocene of Choukoutien are described herein. They belong to two different sections of the Machairodus group, roughly referable to the European Epimachairodus and Megantereon respectively. The persistence and development of the two forms side‐by‐side since the Pliocene is suggested.