American Lion (Panthera atrox)

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(06-16-2022, 01:06 PM)Utkarsh Wrote: The measurement of the skull is 495.3 mm 
Also how Smilodon populator could be the largest cat when the 436 kg could be overexaggeration 
Also Mobsach Lion, American lion and bornean tiger are the only three I see as contendors for the largest cat 
As Smilodon populator weight could be temporary 
Also there is a site named the extinction giving rthe weight of 450 kg with multiple experts as proof and giving the average of 332 kg 
482 specimen was first calculated as 610 which was completely as overexaggeration 
Later it came to 482.5 kg 
I don't know which one to believe and which one to not as every other site says something different

in my opinion, i dont really see how 436 kg for that 15.4 inch skull specimen could be an overexaggeration when christiansen and harris in 2005, said that large specimens of populator could exceed 400 kg. and that was before the 15.4 inch and 16.07 inch skulls were taken into account, both of which are are the largest populator specimens so far and are larger than those specimens chrisitiansen and harris said could exceed 400 kg in 2005 Reply