メガンテレオン (Megantereon) はマカイロドゥス亜科に属する剣歯虎の1属で、北アメリカユーラシアアフリカに生息していた。本属はスミロドンの祖先である可能性がある。

メガンテレオン

生息年代: 後期中新世 - 中期更新世

メガンテレオン

M. cultridens の骨格(バーゼル自然史博物館

地質時代
後期中新世 - 中期更新世
分類
ドメイン : 真核生物 Eukaryota
: 動物界 Animalia
: 脊索動物門 Chordata
亜門 : 脊椎動物亜門 Vertebrata
: 哺乳綱 Mammalia
亜綱 : 獣亜綱 Theria
: 食肉目 Carnivora
亜目 : ネコ亜目 Feliformia
: ネコ科 Felidae
亜科 : マカイロドゥス亜科 Machairodontinae
: メガンテレオン Megantereon
学名
Megantereon
Croizet & Jobert, 1828
シノニム

M. cultridens[1]

  • M. megantereon Croizet & Jobert, 1828
  • Felis megantereon Bravard, 1828
  • M. macroscelis Pomel, 1853

M. falconeri[1]

  • M. nihowanensis Tielhard de Chardin & Piveteau, 1930
  • M. inexpectatus Tielhard de Chardin, 1939
  • M. lantianensis Hu & Qi, 1978

M. whitei[1]

  • M. gracile Broom, 1948
  • M. eurynodon Ewer, 1955
  • M. cultridens (Cuvier, 1824) 模式種
  • M. adroveri Pons Moya, 1987
  • M. ekidoit Werdelin & Lewis, 2000
  • M. falconeri Pomel, 1853
  • M. hesperus (Gazin, 1933)
  • M. microta Zhu et al., 2015[2]
  • M. vakshensis Sharapov, 1986
  • M. whitei Broom, 1937

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M. megantereon 頭骨

 Sabretooth Cave [3]450300-350[4]200-250 Les Etouaries 250570/700[5]

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Megantereon cultridens (Cuvier, 1824)

Megantereon adroveri Pons Moya, 1987

Megantereon ekidoit Werdelin & Lewis, 2000

Megantereon falconeri Pomel, 1853

Megantereon hesperus (Gazin, 1933)

Megantereon microta Zhu et al., 2015[2]

Megantereon vakhshensis Sarapov, 1986[7]

Megantereon whitei Broom, 1937

2022M. falconeriM. nihowanensisM. inexpectatus (syn. M. lantianensis)M. megantereon (syn. M. microta)M. falconeri2[8][9]

進化

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150Elandsfontein40-70Untermaßfeld9050Senéze

記載

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模型

Mauricio AntónThe Big Cats and their Fossil RelativesSenéze72 cm 90-150 kg120 kg60-70 kg [10]100 kg [11]100-160 kg [12]

古生物学

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歯と下顎

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[15]

D2280[16]Swartkrans (Dinofelis) [17]

出典

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  1. ^ a b c Werdelin, Lars; Flink, Therese (2018). “Chapter 2: The Phylogenetic Context of Smilodon”. Smilodon: The Iconic Sabertooth 
  2. ^ a b Min Zhu, Yaling Yan, Yihong Liu, Zhilu Tang, Dagong Qin and Changzhu Jin (2015). "The new Carnivore remains from the Early Pleistocene Yanliang Gigantopithecus fauna, Guangxi, South China". Quaternary International. in press. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.01.009.
  3. ^ Zhu, Min; Jiangzuo, Qigao; Qin, Dagong; Jin, Changzhu; Sun, Chengkai; Wang, Yuan; Yan, Yaling; Liu, Jinyi (December 30, 2020). “First discovery of Megantereon skull from southern China”. Historical Biology: 1–10. doi:10.1080/08912963.2020.1867981. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2020.1867981. 
  4. ^ Lewis, Margaret E.; Werdelin, Lars (November 2000). “Carnivora From the South Turkwel Hominid Site, Northern Kenya”. Journal of Paleontology (The Paleontological Society) 74 (6): 1173. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2000)074<1173:cftsth>2.0.co;2. 
  5. ^ De Bonis, L., Peigne, S., Mackaye, H. T., Likius, A., Vignaud, P., Brunet, M. (2010). New sabre-toothed cats in the Late Miocene of Toros Menalla (Chad). Systematic palaeontology (Vertebrate palaeontology) Comptes Rendus Palevol 9, 221-227.
  6. ^ Turner, A (1987). “Megantereon cultridens (Cuvier) (Mammalia, Felidae, Machairodontinae) from Plio-Pleistocene Deposits in Africa and Eurasia, with Comments on Dispersal and the Possibility of a New World Origin”. Journal of Paleontology 61 (6): 1256–1268. doi:10.1017/S0022336000029632. JSTOR 1305213. 
  7. ^ Sharapov, S. (1986). “Kuruksaiskii Kompleks Pozdnepliotsenovykh Mlekopitaiushshikh Afgano-Tadzhikskoi Depressii [Kuruksai Complex Of Late Pliocene Mammals Of The Afghan-Tajik Depression]” (Russian). Izdatelstvo "Donish", Dushanbe 270. 
  8. ^ Z. Qiu, T. Deng, B. Wang. Early Pleistocene mammalian fauna fro m Longdan, Dongxiang, Gansu, China. Palaeont. Sin. New Ser. C, 27 (2004), pp. 81-92
  9. ^ Yu Li; Boyang Sun (2022). “Megantereon (Carnivora, Felidae) in the late Early Pleistocene in China and its implications for paleobiogeography”. Quaternary International 610: 97-107. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2021.09.008. ISSN 1040-6182. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618221004791. 
  10. ^ B. M. Navarro and P. Palmqvist: Presence of the African Machairodont Megantereon whitei (Broom, 1937) (Felidae, Carnivora, Mammalia) in the Lower Pleistocene Site of Venta Micena (Orce, Granada, Spain), with some Considerations on the Origin, Evolution and Dispersal of the Genus. Journal of Archaeological Science (1995) 22, 569–582.
  11. ^ Navarro, B., M., Palmquist, P., (1996). Presence of the African Saber-toothed Felid Megantereon whitei (Broom, 1937) (Mammalia, Carnivora, Machairodontinae) in Apollonia-1 (Mygdonia Basin, Macedonia, Greece). Journal of Archaeological Science 23, 869–872
  12. ^ N. Garcia and E. Virgos: Evolution of community in several carnivore palaeoguilds from the European Pleistocene: the role of intraspecific competition. Lethaia 40 (2007)
  13. ^ Per Christiansen, Jan S. Adolfssen. Osteology and ecology of Megantereon cultridens SE311 (Mammalia; Felidae; Machairodontinae), a sabrecat from the Late Pliocene – Early Pleistocene of Senéze, France. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 151, 833–884. With 29 figures.
  14. ^ a b Antón, Mauricio (2013). Sabertooth. Bloomington, Indiana: University of Indiana Press. p. 185. ISBN 9780253010421 
  15. ^ Turner, Alan (1997). The Big Cats and their fossil relatives. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 55. ISBN 0-231-10228-3. https://archive.org/details/bigcatstheirfoss00turn 
  16. ^ OUCH, THAT HURTS! Human-Sabertooth interaction at Dmanisi” (2013年6月19日). 2022年6月6日閲覧。
  17. ^ Dinofelis – hominid hunter or misunderstood feline? – Maropeng and Sterkfontein Caves | Official Visitor Centres for the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site”. www.maropeng.co.za. 2022年6月6日閲覧。

関連書籍

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  • Augustí, Jordi. Mammoths, Sabertooths and Hominids: 65 Million Years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-231-11640-3.
  • Mol, Dick, Wilrie van Logchem, Kees van Hooijdonk and Remie Bakker. The Saber-Toothed Cat of the North Sea. Uitgeverij DrukWare, Norg 2008, ISBN 978-90-78707-04-2.
  • Turner, Alan. The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives: An Illustrated Guide to their Evolution and Natural History. Illustrations by Mauricio Antón. New York: Columbia University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-231-10229-1.

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