The saber-toothed cat Smilodon is a characteristic genus of the Pleistocene faunas of the American continent. Smilodon belongs to an extinct clade of felids that had hypertrophied blade-like upper canines. Because the length of the canines is so extreme, the killing bite of Smilodon is a hotly debated topic in vertebrate paleontology. Some authors have proposed that saber-toothed cats had a weak bite and their canines were fragile, not useful for attacking prey or penetrating bones. The aim of the present contribution is to describe two new specimens of Smilodon populator that have injuries on their skulls. Although it cannot be ruled out that the injuries were caused by a potential prey kicking the skull, the size, shape and general featur...
A skull of cave lion, Panthera spelaea (Goldfuss, 1810) was discovered in glacial deposits in north-...
Questions surrounding the dramatic morphology of saber-tooths, and the presumably deadly purpose to ...
Saber-toothed cats were armed with formidable weapons. They evolved a number of highly derived morph...
Le chat à dents de sabre Smilodon est un genre caractéristique du continent Américain. Smilodon appa...
Over the Cenozoic, large cat-like forms have convergently evolved into specialized killers of ‘megah...
The American sabercat Smilodon fatalis is among the most charismatic of fossil carnivores. Despite b...
Reconstructing the behavior of extinct species is challenging, particularly for those with no living...
BackgroundThe sabertooth cat, Smilodon fatalis, was an enigmatic predator without a true living anal...
Sabre-toothed felids, the machairodontines, have attracted much attention among palaeontologists for...
The felid Neotropical ensemble has experienced important changes from the Pleistocene to the present...
The study of cervical anatomy in the Miocene machairodontine felid Machairodus aphanistus reveals th...
The sabretooth cat Smilodon populator was the largest felid in South America. It appears in the foss...
The carnivores preserved in the late Pleistocene Rancho La Brea tar seep deposits display a remarkab...
CONSISTE EN UNA COMUNICACIÓN DE TIPO PANELThe powerfully built forelimb of saber-tooth carnivorans h...
It has been suggested that saber-tooth species such as Smilodon fatalis were social because partiall...
A skull of cave lion, Panthera spelaea (Goldfuss, 1810) was discovered in glacial deposits in north-...
Questions surrounding the dramatic morphology of saber-tooths, and the presumably deadly purpose to ...
Saber-toothed cats were armed with formidable weapons. They evolved a number of highly derived morph...
Le chat à dents de sabre Smilodon est un genre caractéristique du continent Américain. Smilodon appa...
Over the Cenozoic, large cat-like forms have convergently evolved into specialized killers of ‘megah...
The American sabercat Smilodon fatalis is among the most charismatic of fossil carnivores. Despite b...
Reconstructing the behavior of extinct species is challenging, particularly for those with no living...
BackgroundThe sabertooth cat, Smilodon fatalis, was an enigmatic predator without a true living anal...
Sabre-toothed felids, the machairodontines, have attracted much attention among palaeontologists for...
The felid Neotropical ensemble has experienced important changes from the Pleistocene to the present...
The study of cervical anatomy in the Miocene machairodontine felid Machairodus aphanistus reveals th...
The sabretooth cat Smilodon populator was the largest felid in South America. It appears in the foss...
The carnivores preserved in the late Pleistocene Rancho La Brea tar seep deposits display a remarkab...
CONSISTE EN UNA COMUNICACIÓN DE TIPO PANELThe powerfully built forelimb of saber-tooth carnivorans h...
It has been suggested that saber-tooth species such as Smilodon fatalis were social because partiall...
A skull of cave lion, Panthera spelaea (Goldfuss, 1810) was discovered in glacial deposits in north-...
Questions surrounding the dramatic morphology of saber-tooths, and the presumably deadly purpose to ...
Saber-toothed cats were armed with formidable weapons. They evolved a number of highly derived morph...