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Subject(s)

• Smilodon [Browse]
• Saber-toothed tigers [Browse]

Editor

• Werdelin, Lars [Browse]
• McDonald, H. Gregory (Hugh Gregory), 1951- [Browse]
• Shaw, Christopher A. [Browse]

• Werdelin, Lars [Browse]
• McDonald, H. Gregory (Hugh Gregory), 1951- [Browse]
• Shaw, Christopher A. [Browse]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Contributors
• Preface
• 1. Smilodon : a short history of becoming the iconic sabertooth / H. Gregory McDonald
• 2. The phylogenetic context of Smilodon / Lars Werdelin and Therese Flink
• 3. Smilodon fatalis from Talara, Peru : sex, age, mass, and histology / Kevin L. Seymour, Ashley R. Reynolds, and Charles S. Churcher
• 4. The sabertooth cat, Smilodon populator (Carnivora, Felidae), from Cueva del Milodón, Chile / H. Gregory McDonald and Lars Werdelin
• 5. Smilodon from South Carolina : implications for the taxonomy of the genus / John P. Babiarz, H. Todd Wheeler, James L. Knight, and Larry D. Martin
• 6. Understanding killing behavior in Smilodon fatalis : the role of computational biomechanics / Stephen Wroe and William C.H. Parr
• 7. An engineering experiment testing the canine shear-bite model for Smilodon / H. Todd Wheeler
• 8. The evolution of the skull, mandible, and teeth of Rancho La Brea Smilodon fatalis as they relate to feeding adaptations / Julie A. Meachen and Wendy J. Binder
• 9. Analyzing the tooth development of sabertooth carnivores : implications regarding the ecology and evolution of Smilodon fatalis / M. Aleksander Wysocki and Robert S. Feranec
• 10. Dietary ecology of Smilodon / Larisa R.G. DeSantis
• 11. The postcranial morphology of Smilodon / Margaret E. Lewis
• 12. Smilodon paleopathology : a summary of research at Rancho La Brea / Christopher A. Shaw and C.S. Ware.

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ISBN

• 9781421425566 (hardcover ; : alkaline paper)
• 1421425564 (hardcover ; : alkaline paper)

LCCN

2017039401

OCLC

1001413964

Other standard number

99978025971

RCP

C - S

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