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Homotherium

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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related to Americas · 46
Homotherium → After, Alaska, Blancan, California, Charles Bertrand Schultz, Charles Stephen, Churcher, Cita Canyon, Dinobastis, Early Pleistocene, Edward Drinker Cope, Eurasia, Eurasian, Idaho, In, Ischyrosmilus, John, John Campbell Merriam, Kern County, Larry
related to Evolution and extinction · 40
Homotherium → Across, African, Amphimachairodus, Asia, Badyarikha River, Before Present, Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island, China, DNA, Early, Early Pleistocene, Early Pliocene, Eurasian, Eurasian Homotherium, Europe, In, It, Kanapoi, Kenya, Kolyma River
related to Eurasia · 32
Homotherium → Abesalom, Caucasus, Central Asia, Czech Republic, Devon, Emilio Fabrini, England, Georgia, Greek, He, In, Italy, Josef Woldřich, Kent's Cavern, Kuruksay, Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene, Machairodus, Meganthereon, Odessa, Other
related to Relationship with humans · 28
Homotherium → Africa, Afro-Eurasia, Although, Australopithecus, China, Creswell Crags, Derbyshire, Early-Middle Pleistocene, England, Eurasia, Europe, Germany, Homo, Human, Isotopic, Kent's Cavern, Late Pleistocene, Middle Pleistocene, Middle Pleistocene Schöningen, Neanderthals
related to Africa · 23
Homotherium → Afar, African Homotherium, Alan Turner, Arambourg, Aïn Brimba, Camille Arambourg, Collings, Dinofelis, Ethiopia, Hadar Formation, Howell, In, Machairodus, Makapansgat, Megantereon, North Africa, Omo, Petter, Pliocene, Pliocene-Early Pleistocene
related to Description · 12
Homotherium → Also, American, Amphimachairodus, Compared, Eurasian, In, P2, P3, P4, Smilodon, The, The Pliocene-Early Pleistocene North
related to Paleobiology and paleoecology · 9
Homotherium → Dental, However, It, Like, North America, Smilodon, The, These, While
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Homotherium → America, North Sea, October, Scimitar CatSaber-toothed, The
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Homotherium → extinct genus of scimitar-toothed cat belonging to the extinct subfamily Machairodontinae that inhabited North America

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pleistocene species late latidens large found prey remains years pliocene based genus likely serum smilodon north ago early middle around

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Homotheriumis aextinct genus of scimitar-toothed cat belonging to the extinct subfamily Machairodontinae that inhabited North America0.90text
tigersinstance ofbeing in comparison to H. latidens relatively low and elongate.Compared to living pantherine big cats0.80text
lionsinstance ofbeing in comparison to H. latidens relatively low and elongate.Compared to living pantherine big cats0.80text
Homotherium has a more elongateinstance ofbeing in comparison to H. latidens relatively low and elongate.Compared to living pantherine big cats0.80text
narrower skull with a more elevated snout regioninstance ofbeing in comparison to H. latidens relatively low and elongate.Compared to living pantherine big cats0.80text
with the top of the skullinstance ofbeing in comparison to H. latidens relatively low and elongate.Compared to living pantherine big cats0.80text
Smilodon or Megantereoninstance ofHomotherium had shorter upper canine teeth than members of the machairodont tribe Smilodontini0.80text
but these were still longer than those of extant catsinstance ofHomotherium had shorter upper canine teeth than members of the machairodont tribe Smilodontini0.80text
Machairodusinstance ofbroken upper canines - a common injury in fossils of other machairodonts0.80text
Smilodon that would have resulted from struggling with their prey - is not seen in Homotheriuminstance ofbroken upper canines - a common injury in fossils of other machairodonts0.80text
perhaps because their social groups would completely restrain prey items before any of the cats attempted to kill the target with their saber teethinstance ofbroken upper canines - a common injury in fossils of other machairodonts0.80text
or because the canines were less frail due to being coveredinstance ofbroken upper canines - a common injury in fossils of other machairodonts0.80text

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