Smilodon

Author : Lars Werdelin
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421425564
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Smilodon written by Lars Werdelin and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The consummate guide to the ultimate sabertooth. Few animals spark the imagination as much as the sabertooth cat Smilodon. With their incredibly long canines, which hung like fangs past their jaws, these ferocious predators were first encountered by humans when our species entered the Americas. We can only imagine what ice age humans felt when they were confronted by a wild cat larger than a Siberian tiger. Because Smilodon skeletons are perennial favorites with museum visitors, researchers have devoted themselves to learning as much as possible about the lives of these massive cats. This volume, edited by celebrated academics, brings together a team of experts to provide a comprehensive and contemporary view of all that is known about Smilodon. The result is a detailed scientific work that will be invaluable to paleontologists, mammalogists, and serious amateur sabertooth devotees. The book • covers all major aspects of the animal's natural history, evolution, phylogenetic relationships, anatomy, biomechanics, and ecology • traces all three Smilodon species across both North and South America • brings together original, unpublished research with historical accounts of Smilodon's discovery in nineteenth-century Brazil The definitive reference on these iconic Pleistocene mammals, Smilodon will be cited by researchers for decades to come. Contributors: John P. Babiarz, Wendy J. Binder, Charles S. Churcher, Larisa R. G. DeSantis, Robert S. Feranec, Therese Flink, James L. Knight , Margaret E. Lewis, Larry D. Martin, H. Gregory McDonald, Julie A. Meachen, William C. H. Parr, Ashley R. Reynolds. Kevin L. Seymour, Christopher A. Shaw, C. S. Ware, Lars Werdelin, H. Todd Wheeler, Stephen Wroe, M. Aleksander Wysocki

Author : Robert M. Kerns
Publisher : Knightsfall Press
ISBN 13 : 1636460127
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Smilodon written by Robert M. Kerns and published by Knightsfall Press. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hapless hiker. A rogue cougar. An outcome no one expected. Wyatt took a dead-end job in his hometown for two reasons: hiking, and being close to his family. When trekking over the trails he loves, he comes face to face with a cougar he cannot avoid. As the pre-eminent hunter for the Shifter Nations of North America, Gabrielle isn't surprised when the Shifter Council calls her. A rogue cougar has been killing hikers. The job: put the beast down, and do it fast. She has never failed a hunt. The trail leads her to the site of a fierce, bloody battle. She finds a wounded hiker, a dead cougar, and one inescapable conclusion. There's a new cat in town. Get your copy today!

Author : Gary Jeffrey
Publisher : Smart Apple Media
ISBN 13 : 9781625884114
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sabertooth Tiger written by Gary Jeffrey and published by Smart Apple Media. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Provides a revealing look at the Sabertooth Tiger through a fictional graphic novel story, accompanied by nonfiction facts and fossil record information"--

Author : Virginia L. Naples
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801896649
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Other Saber-tooths written by Virginia L. Naples and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Paul S. Martin
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816547440
Total Pages : 903 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quaternary Extinctions written by Paul S. Martin and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 903 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What caused the extinction of so many animals at or near the end of the Pleistocene? Was it overkill by human hunters, the result of a major climatic change or was it just a part of some massive evolutionary turnover? Questions such as these have plagued scientists for over one hundred years and are still being heatedly debated today. Quaternary Extinctions presents the latest and most comprehensive examination of these questions." —Geological Magazine "May be regarded as a kind of standard encyclopedia for Pleistocene vertebrate paleontology for years to come." —American Scientist "Should be read by paleobiologists, biologists, wildlife managers, ecologists, archeologists, and anyone concerned about the ongoing extinction of plants and animals." —Science "Uncommonly readable and varied for watchers of paleontology and the rise of humankind." —Scientific American "Represents a quantum leap in our knowledge of Pleistocene and Holocene palaeobiology. . . . Many volumes on our bookshelves are destined to gather dust rather than attention. But not this one." —Nature "Two strong impressions prevail when first looking into this epic compendium. One is the judicious balance of views that range over the whole continuum between monocausal, cultural, or environmental explanations. The second is that both the data base and theoretical sophistication of the protagonists in the debate have improved by a quantum leap since 1967." —American Anthropologist

Author : Susan E. Goodman
Publisher : Millbrook Press
ISBN 13 : 9781575057590
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Saber-Toothed Cats written by Susan E. Goodman and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the physical structure, eating habits, and habitat of saber-toothed tigers.

Author : Mauricio Antón
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253010497
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sabertooth written by Mauricio Antón and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-22 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A unique review of the many unusual and nearly worldwide occurrences of sabertooths and their relatives over more than 50 million years.” —Choice With their spectacularly enlarged canines, sabertooth cats are among the most popular of prehistoric animals, yet it is surprising how little information about them is available for the curious layperson. What’s more, there were other sabertooths that were not cats, animals with exotic names like nimravids, barbourofelids, and thylacosmilids. Some were no taller than a domestic cat, others were larger than a lion, and some were as weird as their names suggest. Sabertooths continue to pose questions even for specialists. What did they look like? How did they use their spectacular canine teeth? And why did they finally go extinct? In this visual and intellectual treat of a book, Mauricio Antón tells their story in words and pictures, all scrupulously based on the latest scientific research. The book is a glorious wedding of science and art that celebrates the remarkable diversity of the life of the not-so-distant past. “The best paleomammal artist working today [and] his knowledge of sabertooths and their evolution is second to none.” —Lars Werdelin, Swedish Museum of Natural History “Mauricio Antón is one of the best paleoartists. What sets him apart is the fact that he is a great paleontologist in his own right. Probably no one else has thought more about sabertooth than he has. As a result, his illustrations often demonstrate a particular behavior of the extinct mammal that he has personally researched or display a unique point of view.” —Xiaoming Wang, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles

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Publisher : PediaPress
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book North American Predators written by and published by PediaPress. This book was released on with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alan Turner
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231102292
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives written by Alan Turner and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author and illustrator draw on the surviving seven species of large cats and remains of their prehistoric ancestors to explain and illustrate their anatomy and function, social interaction, predatory behavior, prey treatment, and other aspects of the fascinating and fearsome creatures.

Author : Evelyn
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480970557
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fangless written by Evelyn and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fangless: Book One by Evelyn Fangless: Book One is about a young smilodon named Fangless. Fangless was born at “the Place of Thin Ice,” a well known place named for the thin layers of ice that cover the deep, icy waters below. After receiving a dream given by Shashthi, the smilodon kit goddess, Fangless’ mother, May-Paw, must follow Shashthi’s instructions to give birth to Fangless at the Place of Thin Ice. If not, Fangless will meet a certain terrible fate, followed shortly after by death itself. Soon after May-Paw’s kit’s birth, the ice breaks under both her and Fangless’ paws. He is swept out into the icy waters aboard a drifting sheet of ice, but miraculously survives his nightmare of a journey and is then pushed ashore. Fangless is found by an ex-mother smilodon named Flower who left her bloodthirsty clan after her cruel ex-leader named Asesino murdered her only kit for being blind and weak – an outcast. Flower takes Fangless under her care and protection naming him “Fangless” because he was born without fangs, thus making him an outcast as well.