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Property from an Important Private Collection
THE SKULL OF A SABRE-TOOTHED TIGER
Columbia County, USA
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THE SKULL OF A SABRE-TOOTHED TIGER
Columbia County, USA
From the Pleistocene of Columbia County, Florida (approximately 70,000 to 11,000 years ago), the 13-inch long skull of a Smilodon fatalis with the iconic canines protruding 6 ¾ inches, supported on custom stand
16 x 20 x 24in. (40 x 50 x 60cm.) on base
Columbia County, USA
From the Pleistocene of Columbia County, Florida (approximately 70,000 to 11,000 years ago), the 13-inch long skull of a Smilodon fatalis with the iconic canines protruding 6 ¾ inches, supported on custom stand
16 x 20 x 24in. (40 x 50 x 60cm.) on base
Provenance
Discovered May 2008 by Andreas Kerner in a Pleistocene sinkhole on his private land in Columbia County.
Michael Minotti who prepared the fossil in 2009.
In The Beginning Fossils, April 2020.
Geoworld Gallery, April 2021.
Michael Minotti who prepared the fossil in 2009.
In The Beginning Fossils, April 2020.
Geoworld Gallery, April 2021.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
J. Brown, 'Jaw Function in Smilodon fatalis: A Reevaluation of the Canine Shear-Bite and a Proposal for a New Forelimb-Powered Class 1 Lever Model', PLoS ONE, 2014, 9(10): e107456. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107456.
W. Akersten, 'The role of incisors and forelimbs in the shear bite and feeding of Smilodon', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(3).
B. Kurtén, 'The Pleistocene Felidae of Florida' Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, 1956, vol.9(6) pp. 215-273.
J. Leidy, 'Notice of some vertebrate remains from Harden Co., Texas', Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1868, vol. 20, pp.174-176.
J. Leidy, 'The extinct mammalian fauna of Dakota and Nebraska: Including an account of some allied forms from other localities, together with a synopsis of the mammalian remains of North America', Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1869, vol. 7, pp.336-7 & pl. XXVIII.
J. Leidy, 'The sabre-tooth tiger of Florida', Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1889 vol. 41, pp.29-31.
J. Brown, 'Jaw Function in Smilodon fatalis: A Reevaluation of the Canine Shear-Bite and a Proposal for a New Forelimb-Powered Class 1 Lever Model', PLoS ONE, 2014, 9(10): e107456. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107456.
W. Akersten, 'The role of incisors and forelimbs in the shear bite and feeding of Smilodon', Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2005, 25(3).
B. Kurtén, 'The Pleistocene Felidae of Florida' Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, 1956, vol.9(6) pp. 215-273.
J. Leidy, 'Notice of some vertebrate remains from Harden Co., Texas', Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1868, vol. 20, pp.174-176.
J. Leidy, 'The extinct mammalian fauna of Dakota and Nebraska: Including an account of some allied forms from other localities, together with a synopsis of the mammalian remains of North America', Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1869, vol. 7, pp.336-7 & pl. XXVIII.
J. Leidy, 'The sabre-tooth tiger of Florida', Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1889 vol. 41, pp.29-31.
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