Amphimachairodus kabir
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Felidae
Subfamilia: †Machairodontinae
Genus: †Amphimachairodus
Species: †Amphimachairodus kabir
Name
[edit]Amphimachairodus kabir (Peigné, de Bonis, Likius, Mackaye, Vignaud & Brunet, 2005): 245 ["Machairodus kabir"]
Holotype: TM-266-02-102
Type locality: "Toros-Menalla site 266 (TM 266), quarry of ca. 5000 m2, western Djourab desert, Chad".
Synonymy
[edit]Etymology: "kabir, meaning large in Chadian Arabic" [Peigné et al., 2005: 245]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Peigné, S., de Bonis, L., Likius, A., Mackaye, H.T., Vignaud, P. & Brunet, M. 2005. A new machairodontine (Carnivora, Felidae) from the Late Miocene hominid locality of TM 266, Toros-Menalla, Chad. Comptes Rendus Palevol 4(3): 243–253. DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2004.10.002 Academia.edu Reference page.