Critically, the study adds to evidence that highly specialized prey preferences is what likely doomed species such as Smilodon and the dire wolves, while coyotes managed to survive the ecological shift by being highly flexible and taking prey as small as rats or rabbits, in addition to scavenging.
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The Dire wolf is well known in Indiana: the first fossil remains were recovered in from the Ohio River terraces near Evansville by Francis Lincke. At least three sites in Indiana have produced specimens of Canis dirus--the Evansville site and ones in Monroe and Crawford Counties - and it is known from all the surrounding states except Michigan. Menu Search. Bookstore Sign In. Walnut St. David Polly.
Saber-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis. Image was generously provided by the Indiana State Museum. Sign In Username Forgot your username? They said rhinoceros were particularly abundant, as well as ancient species such as the giant camels of the High Arctic, which roamed what is Canada until around 12, years ago, and giant ground sloths which were as large as modern elephants.
One specimen included teeth from the lower part of the jaw, but it did not include the saber-shaped canines. Establishing that the humerus alone can be analysed to identify a fossil cat has important implications for the field, the researchers said. Only a reconstruction of the evolutionary history of saber-toothed cats can determine where this new species fits in, but Dr Orcutt and Dr Calede believe Machairodus lahayishupup existed early in the evolution of the group. A discovery that this giant cat in North America existed at the same time similar animals lived around the world also raises another evolutionary question, Dr Calede said.
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