Siwalik sabrecats: review and revised diagnosis of <i>Megantereon</i> fossils from the foothills of the Himalaya
Journal: Royal Society Open Science
Year: 2024

The diagnosis of different fossil taxa in small collections from disparate geographical and temporal contexts is a common challenge in palaeontology. The likely number of morphospecies of the extinct sabretooth cat <i>Megantereon</i> is a classic example and subject of long-standing debate. While analyses of global fossil collections have provided insights and hypotheses, specimens from the foothills of the Himalaya-the Siwaliks-have been overlooked in recent treatments due to poor characterizat