Smilodon : the iconic sabertooth /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors:	Werdelin, Lars (Editor), McDonald, H. Gregory (Hugh Gregory), 1951- (Editor), Shaw, Christopher A. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018.
Subjects:	Smilodon. Saber-toothed tigers. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Contributors
Preface
1. Smilodon : a short history of becoming the iconic sabertooth / H. Gregory McDonald
2. The phylogenetic context of Smilodon / Lars Werdelin and Therese Flink
3. Smilodon fatalis from Talara, Peru : sex, age, mass, and histology / Kevin L. Seymour, Ashley R. Reynolds, and Charles S. Churcher
4. The sabertooth cat, Smilodon populator (Carnivora, Felidae), from Cueva del Milodón, Chile / H. Gregory McDonald and Lars Werdelin
5. Smilodon from South Carolina : implications for the taxonomy of the genus / John P. Babiarz, H. Todd Wheeler, James L. Knight, and Larry D. Martin
6. Understanding killing behavior in Smilodon fatalis : the role of computational biomechanics / Stephen Wroe and William C.H. Parr
7. An engineering experiment testing the canine shear-bite model for Smilodon / H. Todd Wheeler
8. The evolution of the skull, mandible, and teeth of Rancho La Brea Smilodon fatalis as they relate to feeding adaptations / Julie A. Meachen and Wendy J. Binder
9. Analyzing the tooth development of sabertooth carnivores : implications regarding the ecology and evolution of Smilodon fatalis / M. Aleksander Wysocki and Robert S. Feranec
10. Dietary ecology of Smilodon / Larisa R.G. DeSantis
11. The postcranial morphology of Smilodon / Margaret E. Lewis
12. Smilodon paleopathology : a summary of research at Rancho La Brea / Christopher A. Shaw and C.S. Ware.