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Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines

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( This post was last modified: 02-20-2018, 09:31 AM by tigerluver )

@GrizzlyClaws , so the Sangiran label came from the fact that this fossil came from Sumatra and not Java. A few papers have incorrectly assigned Sangiran to Sumatra, thus it was thought to be from Sangiran. But it cannot be as it was excavated in Sumatra. It's something new. Compared to the Javan mandibles, some ratios are markedly unique. The body is proportionally short and long once the entire mandible gets reconstructed, like that of modern mainland tigers. All dentition are proportionally small, but oddly the P3/P4 ratio is much larger than on any of the Javan or mainland forms. The dentition are more anteriorly positioned as well. The anterior angle of the body is more similar to that of modern mainland tigers than the Ngandong specimen but this seems flexible as the same angle is seen in the Trinil mandible. Given all this and the fact that the bone's trabeculae are clearly visible (meaning the fossil is authentic), it is an exciting find. Let me know what pictures and measurements could be of interest.


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To add, the fossil as is weighs about 422 g. An entire tiger mandible was found to weigh 350 g on average. This indicates a hefty degree of fossilization.
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RE: Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines - tigerluver - 02-20-2018, 09:21 AM
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