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62 summaries matching “Smilodon” in Paleontology & Fossil Felids
The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives
ReviewThis influential book provides a comprehensive illustrated survey of the cat family and its extinct members, combining scientific synthesis with detailed reconstructions of fossil felids and their sab…
Alan Turner, Mauricio Anton · Columbia University Press · 1997
Tough Times at La Brea: Tooth Breakage in Large Carnivores of the Late Pleistocene
PaperThis influential study quantified broken teeth among large carnivores from the Rancho La Brea asphalt deposits, including Smilodon fatalis, dire wolves, American lions, and coyotes. Tooth breakage rat…
Blaire Van Valkenburgh, Fritz Hertel · Science · 1993
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