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8 summaries matching “felids” in Paleontology & Fossil Felids on homotherium
Evolution of the extinct Sabretooths and the American cheetah-like cat
PaperThis study recovered ancient DNA from extinct North American cats, including the scimitar-toothed Homotherium and the cheetah-like Miracinonyx, to test their relationships against living felids. The g…
Ross Barnett, Ian Barnes, Matthew J. Phillips, Larry D. Martin, C. Richard Harington, Jennifer A. Leonard, Alan Cooper · Current Biology · 2005
Evolutionary History of Saber-Toothed Cats Based on Ancient Mitogenomics
PaperThis study recovered complete mitochondrial genomes from the dirk-toothed Smilodon and the scimitar-toothed Homotherium, allowing a genetic test of how these iconic sabertooths relate to one another a…
Johanna L. A. Paijmans, Ross Barnett, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, et al. · Current Biology · 2017
Research overview: genomic insights into Homotherium evolution
OverviewThis overview surveys efforts to sequence nuclear and mitochondrial genomes from Homotherium and what they reveal about the scimitar cat's place among felids. Ancient DNA recovered from Pleistocene sp…
Research overview: late survival of Homotherium latidens and the North Sea mandible
OverviewThis overview reviews evidence that the scimitar-toothed cat Homotherium latidens persisted in Europe far later than once believed. A well-known mandible dredged from the floor of the North Sea, dated…
Research overview: methods for estimating body mass in fossil felids
OverviewThis overview reviews the quantitative methods palaeontologists use to estimate the body mass of extinct cats such as Smilodon, Homotherium, and Panthera atrox. Because soft tissue is not preserved, r…
Research overview: the gape versus bite-force trade-off in sabertooths
OverviewThis overview examines the fundamental mechanical compromise that shaped sabertooth skulls: achieving a gape wide enough to clear elongated canines came at the cost of bite force. Opening the jaws to…
Sabertooth
ReviewThis richly illustrated scholarly book synthesizes decades of research on sabertooth cats and their relatives, written and illustrated by a leading palaeoartist and researcher. It surveys the diversit…
Mauricio Anton · Indiana University Press · 2013
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