THE FOSSIL CARNIVORES OF THE TRANSVAAL CAVES: FELINAE
作者:
R. F. EWAR,
期刊:
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
(WILEY Available online 1956)
卷期:
Volume 126,
issue 1
页码: 83-95
ISSN:0370-2774
年代: 1956
DOI:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1956.tb00426.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
SUMMARYThree fossil Felinae are described. These are a leopard differing only slightly from the living species, and namedPanthera pardus incurva;and two species of lion‐like animal, which are not identical with the living species. The specimens of the latter two species are very fragmentary, and they have not been named, but are merely referred to as the Swartkrans and the Kromdraai “lions”. It is suggested that the latter may possibly be identical withPanthera shawi(Broom).It is concluded that the differences in the feline faunas of the deposits at Sterkfontein, Swartkrans and Kromdraai indicate some difference in the ages of the dep
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