Amphimachairodus horribilis

Jiangzuo, Qigao, Li, Shijie, Fu, Jiao, Duan, Shiqi Wang Xueping Ji Mei & Che, Decai, 2022, Fossil Felidae (Carnivora: Mammalia) from the Yuanmou hominid site, southern China (Late Miocene) and its significance in the living environment of the fossil ape, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 196, pp. 1156-1174 : 1158

A MPHIMACHAIRODUS CF. HORRIBILIS S CHLOSSER, 1903

( FIG. 3 ; TABLE 1)

Machairodus sp. , Qi, 2006: 174.

Material: RV2006048 (PDYV1222), an isolated p4, from Locality 9903, Leilao.

Description: This p4 has a large size. The tooth is slightly widened posteriorly. The anterior accessory cuspid is distinctly larger than the posterior one. There is a tiny additional cuspid before the anterior accessory cuspid. The posterior cingulid is cusp-like.

Figures

Figure 3. Fossil dentition of Felidae from Yuanmou.A, aff. Yoshi sp. PDYV2524.1, P4; B, Machairodontinae gen. & sp. indet. PDYV2524.2, P4; C, Longchuansmilus xingyongi gen. & sp. nov.: C1, YMV87001, P3+P4 from both sides; C2, PDYV2522.1, P3; C3, RV2006046, lower p3?; C4, RV2006049, upper canine; C5, RV2006045, upper canine; D, aff. Yoshi sp.: D1, YMV335, upper canine;D2, PDYV2522.2, upper canine; D3, PDYV2522.3, p4; D4, RV2006047, p4; D5, RV2006023,p4; D6, PDYV2525.1, m1; D7, RV2006049, m1; D8, PDYV2525.2, broken m1; E, Amphimachairodus cf.horribilis RV2006048, p4; F, Felinae gen. & sp. indet.: F1, RV2006020, upper canine; F2, RV2006021, lower canine; F3, RV2006022, p4; F4, PDYV2575, m1.