Langebaanweg's sabertooth guild reveals an African Pliocene evolutionary hotspot for sabertooths (Carnivora; Felidae).

Qigao Jiangzuo, Caitlin Rabe, Juan Abella, Romala Govender, Alberto Valenciano

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Multiple exostoses and an osteochondroma in a Pliocene canid from Langebaanweg 'E' Quarry (South Africa).Journal of anatomy
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Qigao JiangzuoKey Laboratory of Orogenic Belts and Crustal Evolution, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100044, China.

Caitlin RabeDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7701, South Africa.

Juan AbellaDepartament de Botànica i Geologia, Grup d'Investigació en Paleontologia de Vertebrats del Cenozoic (PVC-GIUV), Universitat de València, Burjassot, 46100 València, Spain.

Romala GovenderDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7701, South Africa.

Alberto ValencianoResearch and Exhibitions, Iziko Museums of South Africa, Cape Town 8001, South Africa.

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Here, we describe and revise craniodental material from Langebaanweg 'E' Quarry (South Africa, early Pliocene, ∼5.2 Ma), which represents one of the largest and best-preserved collections of sabertooth felids from Mio-Pliocene deposits of Africa. Four taxa, including two new species, are recognized:

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PMID37609637

DOI10.1016/j.isci.2023.107212

PMCPMC10440717

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