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(05-13-2022, 09:01 AM)jrocks Wrote: for the one that i said peter lund estimated a specimen and got a figure of around 500 kg, i unfortunately dont have any images of that estimation, i only know because a guy named mojave on carnivora mentioned it, it was a fossil from Lagoa Santa, MG, Brazil. If you look up the fire that happened to that museum it does mention that a smilodon populator fossil got destroyed, however i just cant find any images of that fossil. I was just curious as to how these 3 specimens of populator compared in size to the 405 mm humerus and the 408.4 mm skull, or those 2 as the lund one may be pretty hard to find
I can't see the images of Carnivora for this poster Mojave. May you please put them here? Also, as I said before, we need evidence of that claim about the destroyed specimens, because this is the first time that I hear this and sound like an internet myth, but I will like to give the benefit of the doubt if evidence is presented.
As far I remember the longest humerus from S. populator is of 395 mm, one of 405 mm will be impressive.