Smilodon
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Smilodon

The Iconic Sabertooth

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eBook - ePub

Smilodon

The Iconic Sabertooth

About this book

The consummate guide to the ultimate sabertooth.

Few animals spark the imagination as much as the sabertooth cat Smilodon. With their incredibly long canines, which hung like fangs past their jaws, these ferocious predators were first encountered by humans when our species entered the Americas. We can only imagine what ice age humans felt when they were confronted by a wild cat larger than a Siberian tiger.

Because Smilodon skeletons are perennial favorites with museum visitors, researchers have devoted themselves to learning as much as possible about the lives of these massive cats. This volume, edited by celebrated academics, brings together a team of experts to provide a comprehensive and contemporary view of all that is known about Smilodon. The result is a detailed scientific work that will be invaluable to paleontologists, mammalogists, and serious amateur sabertooth devotees.

The book
• covers all major aspects of the animal's natural history, evolution, phylogenetic relationships, anatomy, biomechanics, and ecology
• traces all three Smilodon species across both North and South America
• brings together original, unpublished research with historical accounts of Smilodon's discovery in nineteenth-century Brazil

The definitive reference on these iconic Pleistocene mammals, Smilodon will be cited by researchers for decades to come.

Contributors: John P. Babiarz, Wendy J. Binder, Charles S. Churcher, Larisa R. G. DeSantis, Robert S. Feranec, Therese Flink, James L. Knight , Margaret E. Lewis, Larry D. Martin, H. Gregory McDonald, Julie A. Meachen, William C. H. Parr, Ashley R. Reynolds. Kevin L. Seymour, Christopher A. Shaw, C. S. Ware, Lars Werdelin, H. Todd Wheeler, Stephen Wroe, M. Aleksander Wysocki

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Yes, you can access Smilodon by H. G. McDonald,Lars Werdelin,Therese Flink,K.L. Seymour,C.S. Churcher,Ashley R. Reynolds,H. G. McDonald,Lars Werdelin,Larry D. Martin,Jim Knight,Todd Wheeler,John P. Babiarz,Stephen Wroe,William C.H. Parr,Todd Wheeler,Julie A. Meachen,Wendy Binder,Robert Feranec,M. Aleksander Wysocki,Larissa DeSanti, Lars Werdelin,H. G. McDonald,Christopher A. Shaw in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Biological Sciences & Biology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Contributors
  6. Preface
  7. 1. Smilodon: A Short History of Becoming the Iconic Sabertooth
  8. 2. The Phylogenetic Context of Smilodon
  9. 3. Smilodon fatalis from Talara, Peru: Sex, Age, Mass, and Histology
  10. 4. The Sabertooth Cat, Smilodon populator (Carnivora, Felidae), from Cueva del Milodón, Chile
  11. 5. Smilodon from South Carolina: Implications for the Taxonomy of the Genus
  12. 6. Understanding Killing Behavior in Smilodon fatalis: The Role of Computational Biomechanics
  13. 7. An Engineering Experiment Testing the Canine Shear-Bite Model for Smilodon
  14. 8. The Evolution of the Skull, Mandible, and Teeth of Rancho La Brea Smilodon fatalis as They Relate to Feeding Adaptations
  15. 9. Analyzing the Tooth Development of Sabertooth Carnivores: Implications Regarding the Ecology and Evolution of Smilodon fatalis
  16. 10. Dietary Ecology of Smilodon
  17. 11. The Postcranial Morphology of Smilodon
  18. 12. Smilodon Paleopathology: A Summary of Research at Rancho La Brea
  19. Color Plates
  20. Index