The Other Saber-Tooths

Scimitar-Tooth Cats of the Western Hemisphere
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-8018-9664-4
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 224 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 1157 g

Like the better-known Smilodon, or saber-tooth cat, the scimitar-tooth cats of the New World were fierce predators that killed and consumed the largest of North America's species. This volume synthesizes all currently known information about the scimitar-tooths.

Scimitar-tooth cats had serrated teeth that were shorter and stouter than those of Smilodon. Using a mix of new research and previously published accounts, the contributors examine all aspects of the natural history of these extinct cats. They reconstruct what scimitar-tooth cats might have looked like, discuss how they captured and killed prey, and describe their worldwide distribution and how they interacted with other, non-prey animals. Highly detailed descriptions reveal the biology of these cats, provide bone-by-bone comparisons of them to Smilodon and other cat-like carnivores, explain how they originated, and set them in an evolutionary context.

Richly illustrated and featuring the latest information on scimitar-tooth cats of the New World, The Other Saber-tooths is an engaging and comprehensive collection of information about these fascinating felines that will appeal to paleontologists and anyone else interested in the prehistoric world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Naples, Virginia L

Martin, Larry D

Babiarz, John P

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Naturwissenschaften, Technik, Medizin
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläontologie, Taphonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Experimental Paleontology of the Scimitar-tooth and Dirk-tooth Killing Bites
Chapter 3. Pathology in Saber-tooth Cats
Chapter 4. The Osteology of a Cookie-cutter Cat, Xenomilus hodsonae
Chapter 5. The Musculature of Xenosmilus, and the Reconstruction of Its Appearance
Chapter 6. Osteology and Myology of Homotherium ischyrus from Idaho
Chapter 7. Revision of the New World Homotheiini
Chapter 8. A Saber-tooth Cat Skull from Tajikistanm Central Asia, and the Relationships between Eurasian and North American Homotheres
Chapter 9. A Frameworth for the North American Homotheriini
Appendix A
Appendix B
Glossary
Literature Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Naples, Virginia L
Virginia L. Naples is a professor of biology at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb.

Martin, Larry D
Larry D. Martin is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and the senior curator of vertebrate paleontology at the University of Kansas.

Babiarz, John P
John P. Babiarz is the president of the Babiarz Institute of Paleontological Studies.

Virginia L. Naples is a professor of biology at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb. Larry D. Martin is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and the senior curator of vertebrate paleontology at the University of Kansas. John P. Babiarz is the president of the Babiarz Institute of Paleontological Studies.