Size comparisons

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(04-16-2022, 01:20 AM)Mwarcaar Wrote: the comparison with the lion is perfectly correct based on this complete skeleton of smilodon populator. https://wildfact.com/forum/topic-smilodo...-a-species
100 cm at the shoulder and 80 cm at the hip, with a skull size of 345.7 mm long and 221.5 mm wide (which corresponds to the average skull size of the smilodon populator)

And the 130 cm at the shoulder is only an estimate and estimates are not facts

Sorry, but the image that you post do not provide any of that information. So the image was scaled with the measurements of that particular speciment, in that case the comparison with the lion is correct as both measure 100 cm in shoulder height.

130 cm is not unreliable, check that the estimations between 120 - 130 cm came from real experts and has been reconstructed based in real bones, so they are realiable and if you ask to any scientist that work with them they are going to tell you that thise sizes are facts.

Besides, you should know that animals can be escalated based in known measurements via extrapolation, don't you? So, if a specimen with a skull length of 345.7 mm had a shoulder height of 100 cm, certainly specimens with skulls over 390 mm will be much higher, that is a fact too.

Also, there is no form to know if that specimen is an average sized Smilodon populator, do you have a sample of animals of the same sex and in a range of age to confirm that? If not, that is your personal speculation. Reply