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Homotherium is an extinct genus of scimitar-toothed cat belonging to the extinct subfamily Machairodontinae that inhabited North America, Eurasia, and Africa, as well as possibly South America during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs from around 4 million to 12,000 years ago. A probable descendant of Amphimachairodus, it was one of the last surviving…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homotherium | is a | extinct genus of scimitar-toothed cat belonging to the extinct subfamily Machairodontinae that inhabited North America | 0.90 | text |
| tigers | instance of | being in comparison to H. latidens relatively low and elongate.Compared to living pantherine big cats | 0.80 | text |
| lions | instance of | being in comparison to H. latidens relatively low and elongate.Compared to living pantherine big cats | 0.80 | text |
| Homotherium has a more elongate | instance of | being in comparison to H. latidens relatively low and elongate.Compared to living pantherine big cats | 0.80 | text |
| narrower skull with a more elevated snout region | instance of | being in comparison to H. latidens relatively low and elongate.Compared to living pantherine big cats | 0.80 | text |
| with the top of the skull | instance of | being in comparison to H. latidens relatively low and elongate.Compared to living pantherine big cats | 0.80 | text |
| Smilodon or Megantereon | instance of | Homotherium had shorter upper canine teeth than members of the machairodont tribe Smilodontini | 0.80 | text |
| but these were still longer than those of extant cats | instance of | Homotherium had shorter upper canine teeth than members of the machairodont tribe Smilodontini | 0.80 | text |
| Machairodus | instance of | broken upper canines - a common injury in fossils of other machairodonts | 0.80 | text |
| Smilodon that would have resulted from struggling with their prey - is not seen in Homotherium | instance of | broken upper canines - a common injury in fossils of other machairodonts | 0.80 | text |
| perhaps because their social groups would completely restrain prey items before any of the cats attempted to kill the target with their saber teeth | instance of | broken upper canines - a common injury in fossils of other machairodonts | 0.80 | text |
| or because the canines were less frail due to being covered | instance of | broken upper canines - a common injury in fossils of other machairodonts | 0.80 | text |
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