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 Hyaenodonta,[2] the Machairodontinae,[3] the lynxes[4] and the Hyaenidae.[5]

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.[6] The genus name of Werdelinus, an extinct hyaenid described in 2010, was also dedicated to him and his contributions to carnivore paleontology.[7]

Below is a list of taxa that Werdelin has contributed to naming:

Year Taxon Authors
2025 Taotienimravus songi gen. et sp. nov. Jiangzuo, Lyras, Grohe, Werdelin, Niu, Huang, Li, Jiang, Fu, Wan, Liu, Wang, & Deng[8]
2024 Prionailurus kurteni sp. nov. Jiangzuo, Werdelin, Zhang, Tong, Yan, Chen, Ma, Liu, & Wu[9]
2023 Amphimachairodus hezhengensis sp. nov. Jiangzuo, Werdelin, Sanisidro, Yang, Fu, Li, Wang, & Deng[10]
2022 Taowu liui gen. et sp. nov. Jiangzuo, Werdelin, & Sun[3]
2021 Ekweeconfractus amorui gen. et sp. nov. Flink, Cote, Rossie, Kibii, & Werdelin[2]
2018 Katifelis nightingalei gen. et sp. nov. Adrian, Werdelin, & Grossman[11]
2018 Kichechia savagei sp. nov. Adrian, Werdelin, & Grossman[11]
2015 Eucyon kuta sp. nov. Werdelin, Lewis, & Haile-Selassie[12]
2012 Asilifelis coteae gen. et sp. nov. Werdelin[13]
2010 Lycaon sekowei sp. nov. Hartstone-Rose, Werdelin, De Ruiter, Berger, & Churchill[14]
2008 Crocuta eturono sp. nov. Werdelin & Lewis[15]

References

  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. ^ a b Flink, Therese; Cote, Susanne; Rossie, James B.; Kibii, Job M.; Werdelin, Lars (4 March 2021). "The neurocranium of Ekweeconfractus amorui gen. et sp. nov. (Hyaenodonta, Mammalia) and the evolution of the brain in some hyaenodontan carnivores". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41 (2). doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.1927748. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 11 April 2026 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
  3. ^ a b Jiangzuo, Qigao; Werdelin, Lars; Sun, Yuanlin (15 May 2022). "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. Retrieved 11 April 2026 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
  4. ^ Werdelin, Lars (1981). "The evolution of lynxes". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 18 (1): 37–71. ISSN 0003-455X. JSTOR 23734102.
  5. ^ Werdelin, Lars; Solounias, Nikos (31 May 1991). The Hyaenidae: taxonomy, systematics and evolution. Fossils and Strata. Vol. 30. Universitetsforlaget. doi:10.18261/8200374815-1991-01. ISBN 978-82-00-37481-7.
  6. ^ Jiangzuo, Qigao; Rabe, Caitlin; Abella, Juan; Govender, Romala; Valenciano, Alberto (20 July 2023). "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.
  7. ^ Bonis, Louis de; Peigné, Stéphane; Guy, Franck; Mackaye, Hassane Taisso; Likius, Andossa; Vignaud, Patrick; Brunet, Michel (1 October 2010). "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.
  8. ^ Jiangzuo, Qigao; Lyras, Georgios; Grohe, Camille; Werdelin, Lars; Niu, Kecheng; Huang, Dongting; Li, Shijie; Jiang, Hao; Fu, Jiao; Wan, Yang; Liu, Jinyi; Wang, Shi-Qi; Deng, Tao (26 November 2025). "A new ecomorph of Nimravidae, and the early macrocarnivorous niche exploration in Carnivora". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 292 (2059). doi:10.1098/rspb.2025.1686. ISSN 1471-2954. PMC 12646760. PMID 41290163. Retrieved 12 April 2026 – via The Royal Society Publishing.
  9. ^ Jiangzuo, Qigao; Werdelin, Lars; Zhang, Kai; Tong, Haowen; Yan, Yi; Chen, Yiying; Ma, Jiao; Liu, Jinyi; Wu, Xiujie (19 November 2024). "Prionailurus kurteni (Felidae, Carnivora), a new species of small felid from the late Middle Pleistocene fossil hominin locality of Hualongdong, southern China". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 61 (1). doi:10.5735/086.061.0120. ISSN 0003-455X. Retrieved 17 April 2026 – via BioOne Digital Library.
  10. ^ Jiangzuo, Qigao; Werdelin, Lars; Sanisidro, Oscar; Yang, Rong; Fu, Jiao; Li, Shijie; Wang, Shiqi; Deng, Tao (26 April 2023). "Origin of adaptations to open environments and social behaviour in sabretoothed cats from the northeastern border of the Tibetan Plateau". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 290 (1997). doi:10.1098/rspb.2023.0019. ISSN 0962-8452. PMC 10113030. PMID 37072045. Retrieved 12 April 2026 – via The Royal Society Publishing.
  11. ^ a b Adrian, Brent; Werdelin, Lars; Grossman, Aryeh (March 2018). "New Miocene Carnivora (Mammalia) from Moruorot and Kalodirr, Kenya". Palaeontologia Electronica. 21 (1). doi:10.26879/778. Retrieved 12 April 2026 – via Palaeontologia Electronica.
  12. ^ Werdelin, Lars; Lewis, Margaret E.; Haile‐Selassie, Yohannes (February 2015). Goswami, Anjali (ed.). "A critical review of A frican species of E ucyon ( M ammalia; C arnivora; C anidae), with a new species from the P liocene of the W oranso‐ M ille A rea, A far R egion, E thiopia". Papers in Palaeontology. 1 (1): 33–40. doi:10.1002/spp2.1001. ISSN 2056-2799. Retrieved 12 April 2026 – via Wiley Online Library.
  13. ^ Werdelin, Lars (30 December 2011). "Un nuevo género y especie de Felidae (Mammalia) de la isla de Rusinga, Kenia, con notas sobre los primeros Felidae de África". Estudios Geológicos. 67 (2): 217–222. doi:10.3989/egeol.40480.185. ISSN 1988-3250. Retrieved 12 April 2026 – via ResearchGate.
  14. ^ Hartstone-Rose, Adam; Werdelin, Lars; De Ruiter, Darryl J.; Berger, Lee Rogers; Churchill, Steven E. (March 2010). "The Plio-Pleistocene ancestor of wild dogs, Lycaon sekowei n. sp". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (2): 299–308. doi:10.1666/09-124.1. ISSN 0022-3360. Retrieved 12 April 2026 – via Cambridge Core.
  15. ^ Werdelin, Lars; Lewis, Margaret E. (12 December 2008). "New species of Crocuta from the early Pliocene of Kenya, with an overview of early Pliocene hyenas of eastern Africa". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (4): 1162–1170. doi:10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1162. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 22 April 2026 – via Taylor and Francis Online.

A talk about Hominin impact on prehistoric African carnivore extinctions: Primate Conversations with Lars Werdelin


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