Extinct genus of saber-toothed cat from North America, Eurasia and Africa
Megantereon
Temporal range: Late Miocene–Middle Pleistocene
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M. cultridens skeleton
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Carnivora
Suborder:
Feliformia
Family:
Felidae
Subfamily:
†Machairodontinae
Tribe:
†Smilodontini
Genus:
†Megantereon Croizet & Jobert, 1828
Type species
Megantereon cultridens
(Cuvier, 1824)
Other species
†M. adroveriPons Moya, 1987
†M. ekidoitWerdelin & Lewis, 2000
†M. falconeriPomel, 1853
†M. hesperusGazin, 1933
†M. microtaZhu et al., 2015
†M. vakshensisSharapov, 1986
†M. whiteiBroom, 1937
Synonyms[1]
M. cultridens
M. megantereonCroizet & Jobert, 1828
Felis megantereonBravard, 1828
M. macroscelisPomel, 1853
M. falconeri
M. nihowanensisTielhard de Chardin & Piveteau, 1930
M. inexpectatusTielhard de Chardin, 1939
M. lantianensisHu & Qi, 1978
M. whitei
M. gracileBroom, 1948
M. eurynodonEwer, 1955
Megantereon is an extinct genus of prehistoric machairodontine saber-toothed cat that lived in North America, Eurasia, and Africa. It is closely related to and possibly the ancestor of Smilodon.
^Werdelin, Lars; Flink, Therese (2018). "Chapter 2: The Phylogenetic Context of Smilodon". Smilodon: The Iconic Sabertooth.
recognized, the Smilodontini with typical dirk-toothed forms, such as Megantereon and Smilodon, the Machairodontini or Homotherini with scimitar-toothed...
probably descended from S. gracilis, which itself probably evolved from Megantereon. The hundreds of specimens obtained from the La Brea Tar Pits in Los...
flat, blade-like edges that defined them as those of machairodonts. Megantereon, a later species, was more intermediate in physiology between these earlier...
two species in this new subgenus: Machairodus (Megantereon) crenatidens and Machairodus (Megantereon) nestianus. In 1918, the species Homotherium moravicum...
Africa, Eurasia and North America around 3.5 million years ago, and Megantereon about 3 million years ago. Smilodon lived in North and South America...
cat species in the Smilodontini and is believed to be an ancestor of Megantereon and Smilodon. The species Felis ogygia was first described by Kaup in...
goat-antelope Megalovis, and more rarely the large saber-toothed cat Megantereon. Zhan-Xiang, Q. I. U. (2002-12-15). "HESPEROTHERIUM - A NEW GENUS OF...
cow), the bovid Megalovis, and more rarely the large saber-toothed cat Megantereon. In 2009, American palaeoanthropologist Russel Ciochon hypothesised an...
subtribe Hominina) evolve in the savannas of Africa being hunted by Megantereon. Loss of body hair occurs from 3 to 2 Ma, in parallel with the development...
hyena Chasmaporthetes nitidula, and the saber-toothed cats Dinofelis and Megantereon. In 1993, American palaeoanthropologist Leslie C. Aiello and British...
a species of bear, which he called Ursus cultridens (known today as Megantereon) based on composite sample of teeth from different countries, species...
is generally accepted as a close relative and probable forerunner of Megantereon and therefore an ancestor of Smilodon, the role Promegantereon played...
environment at that time were most likely leopards and fellow machairodont Megantereon, whose carbon isotope ratios showed more indication of preying on hominids...
machairodonts Adeilosmilus kabir, Yoshi and early representatives of the genus Megantereon. In addition to these other cats, animals such as crocodiles, primitive...
hyena Chasmaporthetes nitidula, and the sabertoothed cats Dinofelis and Megantereon. The carnivore assemblage at the Cradle of Humankind comprises the two...
dholes and even giant hyenas and machairodonts such as Homotherium and Megantereon during prehistoric times.[citation needed] The Indian aurochs was most...
and Puma pardoides and the machairodontines Homotherium latidens and Megantereon whitei. Leopards arrived later in the Early Pleistocene or the Middle...
the teeth not reduced so far in number. Several machairodonts, namely Megantereon, bear flanges on the mandible, which are very reduced in A. giganteus...
and Crocuta dietrichi, the bear Agriotherium, the cats Dinofelis and Megantereon, the dog Eucyon, and crocodiles. Bayberry, hackberry and palm trees appear...
though recent evidence suggests that hominids were likely the victims of Megantereon or leopards based on carbon isotope ratios taken from each predator....
tiger, elephant, and rhinoceros, as well as prehistoric species such as Megantereon. Bengal tigers occasionally prey on sloth bears. Tigers usually give...
co-existed with primitive cats (like, for example, Machairodontinae, Megantereon and Homotherium) and adapted to savannah conditions. Cats portal Dog...
mammals and several extinct species are represented, including Megantereonmegantereon and Homotherium crenatidens (both saber-toothed cats), Panthera...
creatures, including hyenas, Panthera, cheetahs, and the saber-toothed cats: Megantereon, Dinofelis, Homotherium and Machairodus. Australopithecines and early...