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Smilodon is an extinct genus and species of large feline that lived in the Americas from 2.5 million years to 10,000 years ago.
Classification[]
Prosmilodon, Trucifelis and Smilodontopsis were all once considered subgenera, but are now all synonymous with Smilodon.
Synonyms[]
Species Synonymy[]
- S. blainvillii (=S. populator)
- Machaerodus bonaerensis (=S. populator)
- Machaerodus necator (=S. populator)
- Machaerodus ensenadensis (=S. populator)
- S. crucians (=S. populator)
- S. bonaerënsis (=S. populator)
- S. neogaeus ensenadenensis (=S. populator)
- S. (Prosmilodon) ensenadensis (=S. populator)
- S. neogaeus (=S. populator)
- S. (Prosmilodon) e. ferox (=S. populator)
- S. (Prosmilodon) e. minor (=S. populator)
- Machaerodus neogaeus (=S. populator)
- Felis smilodon (=S. populator)
- S. p. populator (=S. populator)
- Felis (Trucifelis) fatalis (=S. fatalis)
- Machaerodus fatalis (=S. fatalis)
- Drepanodon floridanus (=S. fatalis)
- Machaerodus floridanus (=S. fatalis)
- Uncia mercerii (=S. fatalis)
- Machaerodus (Smilodon) mercerii (=S. fatalis)
- S. floridanus (=S. fatalis)
- S. californicus (=S. fatalis)
- S. nebraskensis (=S. fatalis)
- Machaerodus mercerii (=S. fatalis)
- S. (Trucifelis) californicus (=S. fatalis)
- S. (Trucifelis) fatalis (=S. fatalis)
- S. (Trucifelis) nebraskensis (=S. fatalis)
- S. (Trucifelis) californicus (=S. fatalis)
- S. (Trucifelis) californicus brevipes (=S. fatalis)
- S. trinitensis (=S. fatalis)
- Machaerodus (Smilodon) gracilis (=S. gracilis)
- S. (Smilodontopsis) gracilis (=S. gracilis)
- Megantereon gracilis (=S. gracilis)
- Ischyrosmilus gracilis (=S. gracilis)
- Hyaena neogaea
Genus Synonymy[]
- Munifelis
- Trucifelis
- Smilodontopsis
- Prosmilodon
- Smilodontidion
- Felipeda
References[]
- https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/primitive-mammals/saber-toothed-cat
- https://igws.indiana.edu/FossilsAndTime/Sabertooth
- https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/florida-vertebrate-fossils/species/smilodon-fatalis/
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/softer-side-sabercats-180977833/ [Study about Smilodon Parental Care]
- http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/social-smilodon-fatalis-10223.html [Study about Smilodons Social Behavior]
- https://www.sciencenews.org/article/saber-toothed-cats-smilodon [Study about Smilodons Social Behavior]
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/14/science/saber-toothed-tiger.html [Specimen that show Smilodons could have grown larger than previously estimated]
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/1300947 [New Species of Smilodon]
- https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-saber-toothed-cats-true-secret-its-super-strong-arms [Smilodon Anatomical Features]
- https://www.britannica.com/animal/Smilodon
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004220311135 [Smilodons life story]
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/saber-tooth-cats-surprise-fossils-redraw-picture-of-big-cat
- https://ielc.libguides.com/sdzg/factsheets/extinctsaber-toothedcat/distribution [Animals Distribution]
- https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/laelaps/canada-gets-its-first-smilodon/
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-99853-1