Chasmaporthetes? nitidula ( Ewer, 1955 )

Herries, AIR, Menter, CG & Adams, JW, 2015, First description of in situ primate and faunal remains from the Plio-Pleistocene Drimolen Makondo palaeocave infill, Gauteng, South Africa, Palaeontologia Electronica (Basel, Switzerland) 28 (6), pp. 1-21 : 11-12

Chasmaporthetes? nitidula ( Ewer, 1955)

Figure 6 , Table 5

Referred material. DNM 3-1 and DNM 3-2, two pedal middle phalanges; DNM 3-3, pedal proximal phalanx; DNM 3-4 left partial metatarsal IV; DNM

Specimen Taxon Side Element TL PW PH SW SH DW DH DNM 2 Dinofelis sp. Left MT II 83.2 14.2 23.1 12.0 10.6 18.0 17.4

DN 12 Dinofelis aff. piveteaui Left MT II

KB 5339 A Megantereon cultridens Left MT II

KB 5339 B Megantereon cultridens Left MT V

KB 5539 C Megantereon cultridens Left MT IV

SK 1848 Dinofelis barlowi Right MT IV

DN 2092 Dinofelis aff. piveteaui Left Calcaneus

DN 2149c Dinofelis aff. piveteaui Right Calcaneus

DNM 54 Dinofelis sp. Left Calcaneus

UCMP 88783a Dinofelis barlowi Calcaneus

UCMP 88784a Dinofelis barlowi Calcaneus

KNM-ER 722Qa Dinofelis aff. piveteaui Calcaneus

(BPI) M 16201a Dinofelis darti Calcaneus

KNM-LT 23696a Dinofelis sp. Calcaneus

KNM-LT 23932a Dinofelis sp. Calcaneus

Extant (N = 20)b Panthera leo Calcaneus 76.7 12.7 11.2 11.6 16.6 15.7

71.5 11.2 19.6 8.9 9.3 14.2 14.4

69.8 14.4 14.6 7.8 8.1 13.1

80.1 15.9 18.5 10.9 10.7 14.5 13.8

15.1 17.6 10.2 10.6

75.5

84.0

Figures

FIGURE 6. Chasmaporthetes?nitidula postcranial specimens from the Drimolen Makondo. 1–5, DNM 3-4, partial left fourth metatarsal; 1, proximal articular surface, 2, lateral, 3, ventral, 4, dorsal, and 5, medial views. 6–8, DNM 3-3, pedal proximal phalanx; 6, dorsal, 7, lateral, and 8, ventral views. 9–11, DNM 3-2, pedal middle phalanx; 9, dorsal, 10, lateral, and 11, ventral views. 12–14, DNM 3-6, pedal terminal phalanx; 12, dorsal, 13, lateral, and 14, ventral views. Scale bars equal 1 cm.