Aspects of the functional morphology in the cranial and cervical skeleton of the sabre‐toothed cat Paramachairodus ogygia (Kaup, 1832) (Felidae, Machairodontinae) from the Late Miocene of Spain:…

By M. Salesa, M. Antón, A. Turner, J. Morales. 2005

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The skull and cervical anatomy of the sabre-toothed felid Paramachairodus ogygia (Kaup, 1832) is described in this paper, with special attention paid to its functional morphology. Because of the scarcity of fossil remains, the anatomy of this felid has been very poorly known. However, the recently discovered Miocene carnivore trap of Batallones-1, near Madrid, Spain, has yielded almost complete skeletons of this animal, which is now one of the best known machairodontines. Consequently, the machairodont adaptations of this primitive sabre-toothed felid can be assessed for the first time. Some characters, such as the morphology of the mastoid area, reveal an intermediate state between that of felines and machairodontines, while others, such as the flattened upper canines and verticalized mandibular symphysis, show clear machairodont affinities. © 2005 The Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2005, 144, 363−377.

Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Paleontology

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In Ecology

1. J. Pérez-Claros
2. Graham J. Slater
3. B. Martínez-Navarro
4. P. Palmqvist
5. B. Van Valkenburgh
6. A. Turner
7. J. Meachen-Samuels
8. B. Figueirido

In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. Graham J. Slater
2. B. Van Valkenburgh
3. J. Meachen-Samuels
4. J. Pérez-Claros
5. P. Palmqvist
6. B. Figueirido
7. A. Turner

In Paleontology

1. J. Pérez-Claros
2. B. Martínez-Navarro
3. Graham J. Slater
4. B. Figueirido
5. P. Palmqvist
6. B. Van Valkenburgh
7. A. Turner
8. V. Torregrosa

Citations in the corpus

• Craniodental indicators of prey size preference in the Felidae (2009, result): “These findings concur with the results obtained in several other studies (Werdelin, 1983; Van Valkenburgh & Ruff, 1987; Salesa et al., 2005).”
• Constraint and adaptation in the evolution of carnivoran skull shape (2011, background): “In addition, a more vertical symphyseal region acts as an anchor while the head is flexed downward, stabbing the prey with the upper canines (Salesa et al. 2005).”
• Long in the tooth: evolution of sabertooth cat cranial shape (2008, background): “This has led some to argue for ecological separation through different habitat and prey preferences (Bryant 1996b; Turner and Antón 1997; Antón et al. 2005; Salesa et al. 2006).”
• A RE-EVALUATION OF THE DIVERSITY OF MEGANTEREON (MAMMALIA, CARNIVORA, MACHAIRODONTINAE) AND THE PROBLEM OF SPECIES IDENTIFICATION IN EXTINCT CARNIVORES (2007, background): “…of M. whitei and other large felids such as the European jaguar, Panthera gombaszoegensis, and the giant cheetah, Acinonyx pardinensis, although the scimitar-toothed cat Homotherium seemingly survived in northern Europe until late Pleistocene times (Reumer et al., 2003; Antón et al., 2005).”