Vanderbilt: Diet of Homotherium Sabertooth Cat Included Baby Mammoths, According to New Research
April 16, 2021
April 16, 2021
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 16 (TNSJou) -- Vanderbilt University issued the following news:
When you think of sabertooth cats, chances are you picture the iconic Smilodon fatalis, which has massively elongated canines and is best known from specimens found in the La Brea Tar Pits in Southern California. (Smilodon fatalis fossils were also found in Nashville, Tennessee--which led to the name and mascot of the NHL's Nashville Predators hockey team.)
However, the cat . . .
When you think of sabertooth cats, chances are you picture the iconic Smilodon fatalis, which has massively elongated canines and is best known from specimens found in the La Brea Tar Pits in Southern California. (Smilodon fatalis fossils were also found in Nashville, Tennessee--which led to the name and mascot of the NHL's Nashville Predators hockey team.)
However, the cat . . .