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	Smilodon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Smilodon SMILE-o-don (a bahuvrihi from Greek: σμιλη "knife" and (Ionic) οδων "tooth") is an extinct genus of large machairodontine saber-toothed cats that are understood to have lived between approximately 3 million to 10,000 years ago in North and South America.
		Smilodon californicus, may be a subspecies of Smilodon fatalis.
		The Nashville Predators mascot, Sabretooth, is an anthropomorphized Smilodon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Smilodon (502 words)

	The Smilodon
		Smilodon fossils from the La Brea tar pits include bones that show evidence of serious crushing or fracture injuries, or crippling arthritis and other degenerative diseases, that would have been debilitating for the wounded animals.
		Smilodon appears to have lived in packs and had a social structure, like modern lions but unlike tigers and all other living cats, which are solitary hunters.
		Since the saber-teeth of Smilodon would have shattered upon impact with bone, the canines were probably used to pierce the throat or soft underbelly of its prey.
	museum.cwlwd.com /smilodon.html (554 words)

	Paleocraft Smilodon fatalis
		Smilodon fatalis, perhaps the most well known of all the saber-toothed cats, was a larged powerful feline predator that dominated the western coast of North America during the last ice age.
		Smilodon is not only the best known but also the most recent in the fossil record, existing as recent as 10,000 years ago.
		Whether Smilodon individuals lived in prides and hunted in packs or had a more solitary existence can only be surmised at and probably depended on their habitat.
	www.paleocraft.com /smilodon.html (575 words)

	California State Fossil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The western portion of North America is a newcomer by geological standards -- it is composed of an accretion of terranes which have been splatted up against the more ancient core of the continent by plate tectonic movements in the time since the dinosaurs met their demise.
		Smilodon was a member of the cat family distinguished by its "saber teeth" or elongate canines.
		Because of its abundance and scientific importance, the "saber-tooth cat," a reference to Smilodon, was designated the California state fossil in January of 1974 with the passage of Government Code Section 420-429.5.
	www.statefossils.com /ca/ca.html (281 words)

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		Smilodon fatalis was a ferocious carnivore that became extinct around 11,000 years ago, but even today the sight of its fossils leave a powerful impact.
		Smilodon fatalis is thought to have lived in grassy plains and open woodland.
		This suggests that the Smilodon fatalis took care of their weak and wounded, whether it be through providing them with food and security or simply allowing the wounded to follow the pack and feed from their kill.
	geology.wcedu.pima.edu /~kfetherling/katysweb.html (938 words)

	Saber-Toothed Cats
		The "saber-toothed tiger," Smilodon, is the California State Fossil and the second most common fossil mammal found in the La Brea tar pits.
		Smilodon is a relatively recent sabertooth, from the Late Pleistocene.
		Smilodon appears to have lived in packs and had a social structure like modern lions.
	www.ucmp.berkeley.edu /mammal/carnivora/sabretooth.html (825 words)

	ABC - Walking with Beasts - Smilodon Detailed Evidence
		Smilodon was only one of many sabre-tooth cats (another is Dinofelis shown in program 4 of Walking with Beasts).
		Smilodon was a large-prey specialist as its teeth would have broken if they contacted bone.
		Answer: The largest species of Smilodon, Smilodon populator, found in South America, was about the size of a large lion, measuring 1.2 metres at the shoulder.
	www.abc.net.au /beasts/evidence/prog5/page2_2.htm (679 words)

	Le Smilodon: Le Tigre aux dents de sabre
		Smilodon populator, l'espèce la plus grande (de la taille d'un lion) qui vivait dans l'est de l'Amérique du Sud.
		Smilodon fatalis, de taille intermédiaire, environ 1 m à l'épaule, qui vivait au Pléistocène supérieur en Amérique du Nord et en Amérique du Sud.
		Smilodon et Homotherium ne se sont éteints qu'il y a 10 000 ans à la fin de la dernière période glaciaire.
	www.dinosoria.com /smilodon.htm (656 words)

	ISGS: Humans and Smilodons
		Some of the differences can be seen by comparing a photo of the skull of the Smilodon (image courtesy of the U.C. Berkeley Museum of Paleontology) with that of a drawing of a Scimitar Cat (image courtesy of the Illinois State Museum).
		The "sabre-toothed tiger," Smilodon, is the California State Fossil and the second most common fossil mammal found in the La Brea tar pits.
		Smilodon fatalis is slightly smaller than S. populator.
	www.isgs.uiuc.edu /faq/fossils/pdq265.html (1898 words)

	Smilodon
		Smilodon Leonus was giving Al headaches at the orphanage and terrorizing all the other children, so I adopted him Feb. 1st 2002.
		Smilodon, Leo and I kicked off the new year with beer, music, friends and tons of food.
		Smilodon enjoyed being in the spot light, music controls the party and he was controlling the music.
	www.thunderwolf.org /smilodons_den.html (1058 words)

	SMILODON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It is estimated by some anthropologists that humans may have arrived in the Americas as early as 25,000 years ago, although most would estimate closer to 11,000 years.
		Smilodon prides, it is not impossible to believe that social behavior would also become an adaptation of Smilodon in competition with the other social predators.
		I believe that stripe patterns on Smilodon were perhaps not as bold as a tiger, since in most cases they appear to have lived in less densely forested areas than tigers.
	www.bluelion.org /lowgraphicsmilodon.htm (732 words)

	Smilodon
		An idea gaining acceptance is that Smilodon subdued its prey with its forequarters, then used its canines to pierce the flesh and cause a catastrophic wound.
		Smilodon may also have used its cheek teeth (carnassials) to slice off pieces of meat like a pair of scissors cuts through paper.
		The front limbs were powerfully built, and stress patterns on the bones indicate that Smilodon used them to subdue their victims.
	virtual.clemson.edu /groups/geomuseum/Smilodon.htm (384 words)

	Dino Land State Fossils: Smilodon of California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The skull of Smilodon, the state fossil of California, on display at the Fryxell Geology Museum of Augustana College.
		In reality, Smilodon wasn't a tiger at all, but instead a unique member of the family Nimravidae, an extinct carnivore family that was related to both the true cats and the mongooses.
		In life Smilodon would have grown to about the size of a modern day lion, but was twice as heavy.
	www.geocities.com /stegob/smilodoncalifornia.html (469 words)

	Smilodon californicus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Smilodon californicus ("Smilodon of California") is a machairodontin saber-toothed cat.
		It is sometimes considered a separate species of the genus Smilodon but is more likely a subspecies of Smilodon fatalis (as is Smilodon floridanus).
		Smilodon (fatalis) californicus is the California state fossil, most abundantly found in the La Brea Tar Pits where it would have been caught in tar while pursuing prey.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Smilodon_californicus (111 words)

	ABC - Science - Beasts - Smilodon Factfile
		Smilodon populator is known from several sites in Argentina and especially the Lagoa Santa caves of Brazil.
		Smilodon, the famous sabre-toothed cat, is well known because of the enormous numbers of skeletons of the North America species Smilodon fatalis, beautifully preserved in the tar pits of La Brea in California.
		The South America species, Smilodon populator, was even larger than its North America cousin with long, strong front legs to hold down prey and get an accurate bite with the sabre teeth.
	www.abc.net.au /beasts/factfiles/factfiles/smilodon.htm (90 words)

	Smilodon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The animals most commonly thought of in terms of the evolution of the big cats (and my personal favorite) are members of the genus Smilodon.
		Although this may not be evidence of Smilodon prides, it is not impossible to believe that social behavior would also become an adaptation of Smilodon in competition with the other social predators.
		In this case, stripes would be a disadvantage in revealing the animal to it's prey.
	www.bluelion.org /smilodon.htm (747 words)

	Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science
		The tooth differs from dP3 of Smilodon gracilis, an early Pleistocene species, in that it lacks a protocone and the triangular shape characteristic of a dP3 of this species (2).
		Moreover, the crown of the dP3 from Canton Lake is nearly identical in size and shape to a deciduous carnassial of Smilodon fatalis from Rancho La Brea, California, as illustrated by Merriam and Stock (4).
		The tooth is herein identified as a dP3 of Smilodon fatalis.
	digital.library.okstate.edu /oas/oas_htm_files/v78/p133_135.html (1080 words)

	Smilodon ribs:Museum:Dept. of Earth Sciences (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A 40,000 year old sabre-toothed cat skeleton, one of the exhibits in the Geology Museum of the University of Bristol's Department of Earth Sciences, has recently acquired a set of ribs - thanks to a generous donation from the University's Alumni Foundation.
		Although the lack of ribs didn't detract from our Smilodon's value for teaching - or detract from its ferocious appearance, we are delighted that it has at last been possible to complete the specimen.
		The missing rib-cage was cast from a specimen in a museum in the Netherlands, and painstakingly attached to the skeleton, by the department's palaeontological preparator Remmert Schouten.
	www.gly.bris.ac.uk /www/services/museum/smilodon/ribs.html (222 words)

	Smilodon: EnchantedLearning.com
		Many Smilodon fossils have been found with broken canines; a fossil wolf was found with a Smilodon tooth fragment embedded in its skull.
		Smilodon also had very strong jaw and neck muscles that let it stab prey with its deadly teeth.
		Smilodon and the other saber-toothed tigers are not closely related to modern-day tigers.
	www.zoomdinosaurs.com /subjects/mammals/smilodon (585 words)

	Saber-toothed Cat Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
		Smilodon was the largest saber-toothed cat (or saber-toothed tiger).
		Smilodon first appeared about 1.6 million years ago and lived in North and South America.
		Smilodon had relatively short legs and a short, bobbed tail.
	www.zoomwhales.com /subjects/mammals/smilodon/Smilodonprintout.shtml (258 words)

	Publisher [Smilodon] / SMIC
		SMILODON is owned by Eva Karman Reinhold, who has a solid music industry background of close to 15 years working at Stim, MNW (at the time Scandinavia’s biggest independent music company) and Gazell.
		The times they are a changing, so we try not to limit ourselves doing music business, but to keep an open and flexible mind to the future.
		Our record label SMILODON is the home of celebrated rock ’n’ roll band Diamond Dogs and their front man SULO, new rock stars Babylon Bombs, solo debutant Fredrik Fagerlund from The Facer and our latest signing: acoustic hip-hop artist Martin Bentancourt.
	www.mic.stim.se /Avd/mic/prod/NBKUND.NSF/PublishersAll/Smilodon?opendocument (179 words)

	Analogies
		The other belongs to Smilodon, the saber-toothed cat, which is a placental mammal.
		Smilodon is more closely related to other placentals such as housecats and elephants than it is to Thylacosmilus.
		That means that one lineage on one part of the tree of life evolved saberteeth from normal length teeth, and a different lineage somewhere else on the tree also evolved saberteeth from normal length teeth.
	evolution.berkeley.edu /evolibrary/article/0_0_0/similarity_hs_07 (308 words)

	Search Results
		Princeton University, Department of Geosciences, 1997, The Smilodon, 38 (2) :.
		Princeton University, Department of Geosciences, 1994, The Smilodon, 34 (2) :.
		Princeton University, Department of Geosciences, 1999, The Smilodon, 40 (1) :.
	www.paleopubs.com /linksPublications.cfm?start=951&searchBy=catalogue&searchType=All&criteria=Geophysics&title=Geophysics&page=29 (1532 words)

	smilodon - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Scientists have identified the fossils of three kinds of saber-toothed cats that coexisted in North America.
		Prehistoric Animals : mammals: Smilodon fatalis (cat family)
		The earliest-known cat, Proailurus, lived 34 million years ago, but is instantly recognizable as a member of the cat family, Felidae.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /smilodon.html (74 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Smilodon, sabre-tooth cat
		The South America species, Smilodon populator, was even larger than its North America cousin, Smilodon fatalis with long, strong front legs to hold down prey and get an accurate bite with the sabre teeth.
		The powerful front limbs and retractable claws of the cat would have been used to hold the victim still, and the large number of sensitive whiskers to help place the bite accurately.
		Smilodon is the best-known of the sabre-tooth cats.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/454.shtml (290 words)

	Group of Smilodon hunting a bison (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Plate 12 - Group of Smilodon fatalis hunting a bison.
		"Even with the strength of Smilodon, the capture of an adult buffalo probably required the collaboration of several individuals.
		The species depicted, Bison antiquus, is the most commonl found herbivore in the Rancho La Brea desposits and was very likelya common prey of Smilodon."
	www.mun.ca /biology/scarr/Smilodon_hunting.htm (54 words)

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