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littlemissmartypants

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13. Kewl...kats...

Reply to csziggy (Original post)

Fri Mar 15, 2013, 06:17 PM

Mar 2013

Smilodon
Smilodon sometimes called sabre-toothed cat, is an extinct genus of large saber-toothed cats that lived between approximately 2.5 million to 10,000 years ago in North and South America. They are called "saber-toothed" for the extreme length of their maxillary canines. The La Brea tar pits in California trapped hundreds of Smilodon in the tar, possibly as they tried to feed on mammoths already trapped. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County has many of their complete skeletons. Despite the colloquial name of "saber-toothed tiger", Smilodon is not closely related to a tiger, which belongs to another subfamily, the Pantherinae; Smilodon is a member of the extinct subfamily Machairodontinae. Among the largest felids, the heaviest specimens of this massively built carnivore may have reached a body mass of up to 400 kg/880 pounds.

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My sister just had a new Smilodon species named after her! [View all] csziggy Mar 2013 OP

The Page Museum is incredible. longship Mar 2013 #1

The smell of the oil and solvents in those labs... hunter Mar 2013 #16

Long may you run, Barbara Fite ... DreamGypsy Mar 2013 #2

She does a lot of fossil collection in Central Florida csziggy Mar 2013 #5

how wonderful to have a hobby that does so much good for scientific study ZRT2209 Mar 2013 #9

Yes, she has extended knowledge of species ranges csziggy Mar 2013 #10

and I'm sure the scientists like being inside doing the writing! it works out! ZRT2209 Mar 2013 #12

So cool! aquart Mar 2013 #3

That is so wonderful TxDemChem Mar 2013 #4

That's really cool. Skinner Mar 2013 #6

Thanks, Skinner csziggy Mar 2013 #8

Upon further examination... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #7

Adorable! csziggy Mar 2013 #17

Now that is just the ultimate in cool! Marrah_G Mar 2013 #11

Absolutely. I'm jealous as hell! BrotherIvan Mar 2013 #18

Kewl...kats... littlemissmartypants Mar 2013 #13

This species would have been smaller than that one csziggy Mar 2013 #14

So... littlemissmartypants Mar 2013 #15

A well deserved honor for your sister. secondvariety Mar 2013 #19

Thanks - there are two other new species that she found csziggy Mar 2013 #20

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