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Säbelzahnkatze |
Sabre-toothed Cat Smilodon fatalis californicus Quaternary: Pleistocene: Late Pleistocene, between 25,000 and 12,000 years old Rancho La Brea, Los Angeles, California, USA Sabre-toothed cats were an almost globally distributed group of cats from the younger earth history that demonstrates quite a species diversity and went extinct at the end of the Ice Age. Body size as well as the name- giving sabre-like elongated canine teeth varied from species to species. Members of the genus Smilodon were equipped with the most impressive canines. |
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SNSB-BSPG 1960 XVI 24 |