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  2. Smilodon - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 December 2024. Extinct genus of saber-toothed cat Smilodon Temporal range: Early Pleistocene to Early Holocene, 2.5–0.01 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ 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 ...

  3. Saber-toothed predator - Wikipedia

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    The development of the saber-toothed condition appears to represent a shift in function and killing behavior, rather than one in predator-prey relations. Many hypotheses exist concerning saber-tooth killing methods, some of which include attacking soft tissue such as the belly and throat, where biting deep was essential to generate killing blows.

  4. Thylacosmilus - Wikipedia

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    Thylacosmilus is an extinct genus of saber-toothed metatherian mammals that inhabited South America from the Late Miocene to Pliocene epochs.Though Thylacosmilus looks similar to the "saber-toothed cats", it was not a felid, like the well-known North American Smilodon, but a sparassodont, a group closely related to marsupials, and only superficially resembled other saber-toothed mammals due to ...

  5. Ancient saber-toothed predator found in Spain is the oldest ...

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    The discovery of a newly identified species — the oldest saber-toothed animal found and an ancient cousin to mammals — fills a longstanding gap in the fossil record.

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    Dolphins leap out of water near boat off California coast Sharks feed on massive school of fish off Long Island shore This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Watch the best animal videos of ...

  7. Machairodus - Wikipedia

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    Machairodus (from Greek: μαχαίρα machaíra, 'knife' and Greek: ὀδούς odoús 'tooth') [2] is a genus of large machairodont or ''saber-toothed cat'' that lived in Africa, Eurasia and North America during the late Miocene. It is the animal from which the subfamily Machairodontinae gets its name.

  8. Researchers find evidence that large sharks may be hunting ...

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    In the ocean food chain, large sharks generally only have to worry about keeping orcas at bay — but a new study suggests the apex predators may have to watch out for their own.. Researchers have ...

  9. Machairodontinae - Wikipedia

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    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).