Lars Werdelin

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]

  1. ^ 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. Bibcode:2020EcolL..23..537F. doi:10.1111/ele.13451. ISSN 1461-023X. PMC 7079157. PMID 31943670.
  2. ^ 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. Bibcode:2022QSRv..28407517J. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107517. ISSN 0277-3791.
  3. ^ Werdelin, Lars (1981). "The evolution of lynxes". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 18 (1): 37–71. ISSN 0003-455X. JSTOR 23734102.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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. Bibcode:2023iSci...26j7212J. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.107212. ISSN 2589-0042. PMC 10440717. PMID 37609637.
  6. ^ 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. Bibcode:2010JAfES..58..561B. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2010.06.003. ISSN 1464-343X.