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Machairodus lahayishupup could easily have taken on prey weighing several tons. To identify the new saber-toothed cat species, Orcutt, who is now an assistant professor of biology at Gonzaga University, and Calede painstakingly investigated the forearm bones of lions, jaguars, tigers, and other modern big cats to determine whether their elbow shapes could reliably differentiate one species from the next. “We found we could quantify the differences on a fairly fine scale,” Calede says in a press release. “This told us we could use the elbow shape to tell apart species of modern big cats....

According to a research paper published last week in the Journal of Mammalian Evolution, this new-found specimen provides clear evidence for a diverse range of predator fauna existing during the late Miocene of the continent that included some of the biggest felids in Earth's history. Credit: Roger Witter The sabre-toothed cat was part of an early evolutionary branch that went extinct roughly 10,000 years ago, where today's house cats are an entirely different evolutionary offshoot that emerged later. Sabre-toothed cats, similar to lions, were quite social animals that hunted fo...

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May 03, 2021 05:50 PM EDT Scientists reported on May 3, 2021, in a new study, a giant saber-toothed cat inhabited North America (Columbus, Ohio) between 5 million and 9 million years ago, weighing about 900 pounds and capturing prey that possibly weighed 1,000 to 2,000 pounds. (Photo : Getty Images) Identification of the Cat's Fossils  The researchers finalized a meticulous comparison of seven fossil specimens that are uncategorized with formerly recognized fossils and samples of bone from around the world to describe the new species. Their discovery makes a case for using the elbow portion ...

2k shares In the latter case, the big cat forearm was accompanied by teeth, which are generally considered a gold standard for identifying new species. The largest M. lahayishupup humerus fossils they found was more than 18 inches (46 cm) and 1.7 inches (4.3 cm) in diameter. For comparison, the upper arm bone of an average modern adult male lion is around 13 inches (33 cm) in length. US researchers named the ferocious feline 'Machairodus lahayishupup' to honour the Cayuse people, on whose lands the original specimen was unearthed. In Old Cayuse, 'Laháyis Húpup' means 'ancient wild cat', wh...