A Cheetah-Like Cat in the North American Pleistocene
- 11 March 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 195 (4282) , 981-982
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.195.4282.981
Abstract
The discovery of abundant skeletal remains of Felis trumani from a late Pleistocene deposit in Wyoming shows that it was as highly modified for cursorial locomotion as the cheetah (Acinonyx). Several other Pleistocene felids that have been regarded as pumas seem to be related forms. The late Pleistocene fauna of the Big Horn Basin in Wyoming is dominated by cursorial taxa.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Pleistocene remains of the lion-like cat (Panthera atrox) from the Yukon Territory and northern AlaskaCanadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 1969