ON TWO SKULLS OF MACHAIRODUS FROM THE LOWER PLEISTOCENE BEDS OF CHOUKOUTIEN

• 作 者: P.TEILHARD DE CHARDIN
• 机 构: Cenozoic Research Laboratory Peiping Union Medical College,Peking,China.,
• 出 处: 中国地质学会志
• 发表日期: 1939年03期
• 关键词: preserved herein Pleistocene teeth skull sections persistence Lower canine marke

Two exceptionally well preserved skulls of Machairodus foundin the Lower Pleistocene of Choukoutien are described herein.They belong to twodifferent sections of the Machairodus group,roughly referable to the EuropeanEpimachairodus and Megantereon respectively.The persistence and developmentof the two forms side-by-side since the Pliocene is suggested.

Two exceptionally well preserved skulls of Machairodus foundin the Lower Pleistocene of Choukoutien are in the. They belong to twodifferent sections of the Machairodus group, roughly referable to the EuropeanEpimachairodus and Megantereon respectively.The persistence and developmentof the two forms side-by-side since the Pliocene is suggested.