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together original, unpublished research with historical accounts of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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