Acinonyx kurteni - Wikipedia
网页"Acinonyx kurteni", or the Linxia cheetah, is a discredited fossil specimen of an extinct cheetah discovered in China. The scientific name was assigned for the skull that was originally described to be that of an extinct species of cheetah, endemic to Asia during the Late Pliocene sub-epoch.
Largest Cheetah Lived, and Killed, Among Ancient Humans
网页2011年8月15日 · (The oldest cheetah fossil known was a skull of Acinonyx kurteni found in China; the animal lived between 2.2 million and 2.5 million years ago.) The area was once a forested valley floor whose...
A primitive Late Pliocene cheetah, and evolution of the cheetah …
网页2009年1月1日 · Although our analysis of craniodental characters favors one evolutionary lineage of cheetah-like cats, and indicates a close relationship of Miracinonyx, at least M. trumani, to Acinonyx, A. kurteni has a number of primitive traits, notably more primitive dentition, that could indicate two separate lineages, each culminating in craniodentally ...
Acinonyx - Wikipedia
网页The "Linxia Cheetah" ("A. kurteni") was initially described by Christiansen and Mazák in 2009 on the basis of a skull from Pliocene strata in China, and touted as the most primitive member of the genus. [13] In 2012, "A. kurteni" was invalidated as a species when the holotype was determined to be a forgery composed of Miocene-aged fragments ...
Linxia Cheetah - Acinonyx kurteni
网页2022年1月2日 · Acinonyx kurteni was named for a skull found in Late Pliocene deposits and, at 2.5-2 Ma, this makes it one of the oldest cheetahs ever found. First described by Per Christiansen and Ji H. Maz ák early in 2009 in the prestigious journal PNAS, it was excitedly described as the most primitive cheetah ever found, having a unique combination of ...
(PDF) A primitive Late Pliocene cheetah, and evolution of the …
网页Although our analysis of craniodental characters favors one evolutionary lineage of cheetah-like cats, and indicates a close relationship of Miracinonyx, at least M. trumani, to Acinonyx, A. kurteni has a number of primitive traits, notably more primitive dentition, that could indicate two separate lineages, each culminating in craniodentally ...
Acinonyx kurteni - Wikiwand
网页"Acinonyx kurteni", or the Linxia cheetah, is a discredited fossil specimen of an extinct cheetah discovered in China. The scientific name was assigned for the skull that was originally described to be that of an extinct species of cheetah, endemic to Asia during the Late Pliocene sub-epoch.
Acinonyx kurteni - Fossil Wiki
网页Acinonyx kurteni is an extinct Late Pliocene species of cheetah from China. It was described in 2008 and represents the most primitive cheetah species ever discovered. The discovery therefore supports an Old World origin of cheetahs.
A Defense of the Primitive Cheetah Skull | Science - AAAS
网页2011年3月4日 · 1740), Tao Deng of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing claimed that the cranium of a primitive cheetah (Acinonyx kurteni) that we described in 2009 was “a fake” and that our conclusions were “based on a fossil forgery.” These serious allegations were presented without tangible evidence.
Acinonyx kurteni based on a fossil composite - ResearchGate
网页2011年7月9日 · Christiansen and Mazák (2009) reported a new species (Acinonyx kurteni) of the cheetah based on a skull from the Late Pliocene loess deposits of the Linxia Basin in Gansu Province, China.