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Research overview: big cats in the Quaternary megafaunal extinctions
OverviewThis overview surveys the disappearance of numerous large cats, including Smilodon, Homotherium, the American lion, the cave lion, and Miracinonyx, as part of the broader late Quaternary megafaunal ex…
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: radiocarbon dating of late Pleistocene cats
OverviewThis overview examines how radiocarbon dating is applied to the bones of late Pleistocene cats to reconstruct their chronologies and last appearances. Directly dating individual fossils of Smilodon, c…