A New Machairodont from the Palmetto Fauna (Early Pliocene) of Florida, with Comments on the Origin of the Smilodontini (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae)

Steven C. Wallace; Richard C. Hulbert Jr

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056173

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A New Machairodont from the Palmetto Fauna (Early Pliocene) of Florida, with Comments on the Origin of the Smilodontini (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae)

Steven C. Wallace ,

* E-mail: wallaces@etsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Geosciences, Don Sundquist Center of Excellence in Paleontology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
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Richard C. Hulbert Jr

Affiliation Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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A New Machairodont from the Palmetto Fauna (Early Pliocene) of Florida, with Comments on the Origin of the Smilodontini (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae)

Steven C. Wallace,
Richard C. Hulbert Jr

Published: March 13, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056173

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A New Machairodont from the Palmetto Fauna (Early Pliocene) of Florida, with Comments on the Origin of the Smilodontini (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae)

A New Machairodont from the Palmetto Fauna (Early Pliocene) of Florida, with Comments on the Origin of the Smilodontini (Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae)

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