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Swedish paleontologist
Lars Werdelin (born 1955) is a Swedish
paleontologist specializing in the evolution of mammalian
carnivores . His areas of scientific interest include the evolutionary interaction of carnivores and
hominins in Africa,
[1] as well as the evolution and
phylogeny of carnivore
clades such as the
Machairodontinae ,
[2] the
lynxes
[3] and the
Hyaenidae .
[4]
He received his
Ph.D. from
Stockholm University in 1981. He is responsible for describing the Machairodontine genus
Lokotunjailurus in 2003 and in 2023, the Machairodontine species
Dinofelis werdelini was named in honour of him.
[5] The genus name of
Werdelinus , an extinct
hyaenid described in 2010, was also dedicated to him and his contributions to carnivore paleontology.
[6]
References
^ Faurby, Søren; Silvestro, Daniele; Werdelin, Lars; Antonelli, Alexandre (March 2020). Harmon, Luke (ed.).
"Brain expansion in early hominins predicts carnivore extinctions in East Africa" . Ecology Letters . 23 (3): 537–544.
doi :
10.1111/ele.13451 .
ISSN
1461-023X .
PMC
7079157 .
PMID
31943670 .
^ Jiangzuo, Qigao; Werdelin, Lars; Sun, Yuanlin (2022-05-15).
"A dwarf sabertooth cat (Felidae: Machairodontinae) from Shanxi, China, and the phylogeny of the sabertooth tribe Machairodontini" . Quaternary Science Reviews . 284 : 107517.
doi :
10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107517 .
ISSN
0277-3791 .
^ Werdelin, Lars (1981).
"The evolution of lynxes" . Annales Zoologici Fennici . 18 (1): 37–71.
ISSN
0003-455X .
^ Werdelin, Lars; Solounias, Nikos (1991-05-31).
The Hyaenidae: taxonomy, systematics and evolution . Fossils and Strata. Vol. 30. Universitetsforlaget.
doi :
10.18261/8200374815-1991-01 .
ISBN
978-82-00-37481-7 .
^ Jiangzuo, Qigao; Rabe, Caitlin; Abella, Juan; Govender, Romala; Valenciano, Alberto (2023-07-20).
"Langebaanweg's sabertooth guild reveals an African Pliocene evolutionary hotspot for sabertooths (Carnivora; Felidae)" . iScience . 26 (8): 107212.
doi :
10.1016/j.isci.2023.107212 .
ISSN
2589-0042 .
PMID
37609637 .
^ Bonis, Louis de; Peigné, Stéphane; Guy, Franck; Mackaye, Hassane Taisso; Likius, Andossa; Vignaud, Patrick; Brunet, Michel (2010-10-01).
"Hyaenidae (Carnivora) from the late Miocene of Toros-Menalla, Chad" . Journal of African Earth Sciences . 58 (3): 561–579.
doi :
10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2010.06.003 .
ISSN
1464-343X .
External links
A talk about Hominin impact on prehistoric African carnivore extinctions: Primate Conversations with Lars Werdelin
International National Academics Other