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Implications of Diet for the Extinction of Saber-Toothed Cats and American Lions
The saber-toothed cat, Smilodon fatalis, and American lion, Panthera atrox, were among the largest terrestrial carnivores that lived during the Pleistocene, going extinct along with other megafauna ∼12,000 years ago. Previous work suggests that times were difficult at La Brea (California) during the...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3530457/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23300674 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052453 |