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SUBMITTER: Long K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5617143 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Long Katherine K Prothero Donald D Madan Meena M Syverson Valerie J P VJP
PloS one 20170927 9
Previous studies have demonstrated that the Pleistocene saber-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis had many forelimb adaptations for increased strength, presumably to grapple with and subdue prey. The Rancho La Brea tar pits yield large samples of juvenile limb bones forming a growth series that allow us to examine how Smilodon kittens grew up. Almost all available juvenile limb bones were measured, and reduced major axis fits were calculated to determine the allometric growth trends. Contrary to expect ...[more]