American Lion (Panthera atrox)

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(06-17-2022, 08:16 PM)GuateGojira Wrote: Here is another comparative image between the biggest skulls from Panthera atrox, Smilodon populator and Smilodon fatalis:

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The specimen of Panthera atrox used in the image is the one from Bone Clones that is a copy/reconstruction of the specimen 2900-3 (the second on size in the list of Rancho La Brea) but I escalated it to the size of the record one. The specimen of S. populator is the original one from Uruguay, and finally the specimen of S. fatalis is the 2001-225 one of the three biggest ones (second in GSL) but I scaled it to the size of the largest one (2001-24).

Interestingly, while we can see some difference in size in the numbers in the paper, in reality the difference is not that much when you see them in this form.

oh wow i never knew there was a 14.87 inch fatalis skull, i thought the largest one was BC-067A which is 14.05 inches from boneclones, because of that i think there is for sure a populator skull out there which is even larger than bonaerensis 10-1 as populator is much larger than fatalis, although that is unproven til a bigger skull is found
oh wait 377.9 mm was the gsl of the 2nd largest fatalis skull, whats the gsl for the largest fatalis skull Reply