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Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines

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Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines

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11-18-2018, 11:22 AM

(11-18-2018, 09:53 AM)tigerluver Wrote: Thus, the mass based on the bone length is likely an underestimate and the mass based on the intercondylar fossa width is an overestimate. For the purposes of giving a number in this post, we can average the two values together for a mass of 456 kg.

That is correct, the length of the femur in the study of Christiansen & Harris (2005), regarding the weight of the Smilodon, do produced lower figures compared with other bones. Also, using only the width of the bones will produce big figures that at the end are just overestimations.

Personally I estimated that a weight of up to 400 kg is plausible, but @tigerluver is the true expert on this issues. Like
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RE: Freak Felids - A Discussion of History's Largest Felines - GuateGojira - 11-18-2018, 11:22 AM
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