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Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines

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( This post was last modified: 01-31-2017, 01:47 PM by Ngala )

I think that this thread is appropriate.

Origin of an Assemblage Massively Dominated by Carnivorans from the Miocene of Spain Domingo, Alberdi, Azanza, Silva & Morales, 2013

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Two sabertooth cats circle a rhinoceros carcass in an underground cave
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Figure 4
. Bone modifications due to sediment compaction in BAT-1 LLA.
A, Bone collapse in femur B-7056 (top) and humerus B-2721 (bottom) of Machairodus aphanistus. Note that a fragment of another bone is encrusted in the distal part of the femur diaphysis (grey arrow). Collapse in that area of the femur was probably caused by the bone-bone contact; B, Deformation of Protictitherium crassum skulls. Left: skull B-2804; center: skull B-2802; right: skull B-2889. 

Abstract:
"Carnivoran-dominated fossil sites provide precious insights into the diversity and ecology of species rarely recovered in the fossil record. The lower level assemblage of Batallones-1 fossil site (Late Miocene; Madrid Basin, Spain) has yielded one of the most abundant and diversified carnivoran assemblage ever known from the Cenozoic record of mammals. A comprehensive taphonomic study is carried out here in order to constrain the concentration mode of this remarkable assemblage. Another distinctive feature of Batallones-1 is that the accumulation of carnivoran remains took place in the context of a geomorphological landform (cavity formation through a piping process) practically unknown in the generation of fossil sites. Two characteristics of the assemblage highly restrict the probable causes for the accumulation of the remains: the overwhelming number of carnivorans individuals; and the mortality profiles estimated for the four most abundant taxa do not correspond to the classic mortality types but rather were the consequence of the behavior of the taxa. This evidence together with other taphonomic data supports the hypothesis that carnivoran individuals actively entered the cavity searching for resources (food or water) and were unable to exit. The scarcity of herbivores implies that the shaft was well visible and avoided by these taxa. Fossil bones exhibit a very good preservation state as a consequence of their deposition in the restricted and protective environment of the chamber. Batallones-1 had another assemblage (upper level assemblage) that was dominated by herbivore remains and that potentially corresponded to the final stages of the cavity filling."

Little phrase extracted:
".... The most abundantly represented taxa are the two sabertoothed cats, Promegantereon ogygia and Machairodus aphanistus...."

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RE: Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines - Ngala - 01-31-2017, 01:47 PM
Sabertoothed Cats - brotherbear - 06-11-2016, 11:59 AM
RE: Sabertoothed Cats - peter - 06-11-2016, 04:28 PM
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