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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 December 2024. Extinct genus of saber-toothed cat Smilodon Temporal range: Early Pleistocene to Early Holocene, 2.5–0.01 Ma Pre๊ ๊ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Mounted S. populator skeleton at Tellus Science Museum Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class ...
One of the best-known genera is the machairodont or "saber-toothed cat" Smilodon, the species of which, especially S. fatalis, are popularly referred to as "saber-toothed tigers", although they are not closely related to tigers . Despite some similarities, not all saber-tooths are closely related to saber-toothed cats or felids in-general
Smilodontini is an extinct tribe within the Machairodontinae or "saber-toothed cat" subfamily of the Felidae.The tribe is also known as the "dirk-toothed cats".They were endemic to South America, North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa during the Miocene to Pleistocene, from 10.3 mya—11,000 years ago, existing for approximately
Machairodontinae is an extinct subfamily of carnivoran mammals of the family Felidae (true cats). They were found in Asia, Africa, North America, South America, and Europe, with the earliest species known from the Middle Miocene, with the last surviving species (belonging to the genera Smilodon and Homotherium) becoming extinct around Late Pleistocene-Holocene transition (~13-10,000 years ago).
Prehistoric Predators is a 2007 National Geographic Channel program based on different predators that lived in the Cenozoic era, including Smilodon and C. megalodon.The series investigated how such beasts hunted and fought other creatures, and what drove them to extinction.
Smilodon fatalis: Southern North America and northern South America Prey loss. [11] 7600-6245 BC [40] Asian ostrich: Struthio asiaticus: Greece and Eastern Europe through Kazakhstan to India and China [41] Undetermined. 7390-7320 BC: Xibalbaonyx oviceps: Quintana Roo, Mexico Hunting. [4] 7330-6250 BC (unconfirmed) [42] Asian straight-tusked ...
This is comparable in size to the much later Smilodon populator. [15] Its skull, measuring upwards of 16 inches (41 cm) in length, is one of the largest known skulls for any machairodont, with only a recently described S. populator skull rivaling it in size, with the latter cat outweighing M. horribilis at 960 lb (440 kg). [16] [17]
Saber-toothed cat (Smilodon) spp. [92] Smilodon fatalis (northwestern South America) Smilodon populator (eastern and southern South America) Patagonian jaguar (Panthera onca mesembrina) (some authors have suggested that these remains actually belong to the American lion instead [93]) Caniformia. Canidae Dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus) Nehring's wolf ...