#Pangurban egiae

[ailurinae]

Excellent name for a Nimravid - Pangurban egiae

(Even if from California)

CC @pangur-and-grim @dduane

[laguettler]

The intersection of science and literature, from my alma mater, no less

[computercreature]

modern technology allows me to access the sum of all human knowledge, and i am fully utilizing that technology by reading every article i can about pangurban egiae

paleontology is actually so cool. did you know there was a cat that walked plantigrade (nimravidae)

[petnews2day]

Pangurban egiae: Cat-like sabre-toothed carnivore evolved faster than previously thought

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Pangurban egiae: Cat-like sabre-toothed carnivore evolved faster than previously thought

A fossil previously categorised as a hyena-like mammal is actually an early member of a group of sabre-toothed carnivores called nimravids. Its advanced features suggest these animals evolved rapidly

Life

12 October 2022

By Riley Black

An artist’s impression of the cat-like Pangurban egiae

The fossil of a cat-like mammal that lived between 37 and 40 million years ago has revealed that a group of sabre-toothed carnivores, the nimravids, evolved into diverse species much earlier than thought.

Animals with sabre-like teeth have arisen over and over again during the past 66 million years, but the nimravids, which eventually evolved into a range of sizes from modern-day bobcat (or red lynx) to lion, were among the most fearsome.

Ashley Poust at the San Diego Natural History Museum …

[gaetaniu]

Questo mammifero dell'Eocene era un ipercarnivoro con denti a sciabola

Questo mammifero dell’Eocene era un ipercarnivoro con denti a sciabola

Una illustrazione di Pangurban egiae. Un nuovo genere e una nuova specie di mammifero carnivoro dai denti a sciabola sono stati identificati da un fossile rinvenuto in California, negli Stati Uniti. Pangurban egiae viveva nell’attuale California tra 37 e 40 milioni di anni fa (periodo Eocene). La specie apparteneva ai Nimravidae, una famiglia estinta di mammiferi carnivori dai denti a…