The Cave Lion (Panthera spelaea and Panthera fossilis)

[Kingtheropod]

(11-04-2018, 08:19 AM)GuateGojira Wrote:

(11-04-2018, 08:14 AM)Kingtheropod Wrote: I think that it may be important to mention that some of these bones mentioned in the Smilodon section could represent males and females combined. Is the gender of these cats mentioned or not? Also, what evidence is there of Smilodon sexual dimorphism?

Actually the specimens that I mentioned here (Smilodon fatalis - LACM PMS1-1 and Smilodon populator  - CN52) are the only bones asociated (which means that all the bones from LACM PMS1-1 belonged to the same Smilodon fatalis specimen and all the bones of CN52 belonged to the same Smilodon populator specimen), while all the other estimations were from diferent specimens. As far I remember Christiansen & Harris (2005) did not separated the specimens by sex, but in another study of Dr Christiansen (I don't remember the document name, sorry for that) shows that apparently, the sexual dimorphism in Smilodon was minimal.

This seems relevant...

https://today.duke.edu/2009/11/sabertooth.html Reply