Did saber-tooth kittens grow up musclebound? A study of postnatal limb bone allometry in felids from the Pleistocene of Rancho La Brea
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183175
Abstract: Previous studies have demonstrated that the Pleistocene saber-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis had many forelimb adaptations for increased strength, presumably to grapple with and subdue prey. The Rancho La Brea tar pits yield large samples of… read more here.
Keywords: kittens grow; rancho brea; saber; limb ... See more keywords