American Lion (Panthera atrox)

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Here is another comparative image between the biggest skulls from Panthera atrox, Smilodon populator and Smilodon fatalis:

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The specimen of Panthera atrox used in the image is the one from Bone Clones that is a copy/reconstruction of the specimen 2900-3 (the second on size in the list of Rancho La Brea) but I escalated it to the size of the record one. The specimen of S. populator is the original one from Uruguay, and finally the specimen of S. fatalis is the 2001-225 one of the three biggest ones (second in GSL) but I scaled it to the size of the largest one (2001-24).

Interestingly, while we can see some difference in size in the numbers in the paper, in reality the difference is not that much when you see them in this form. Reply