Name/Title
Sabre Tooth Cat (replica)Entry/Object ID
2011.57.16Description
Description: Family: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Family: Felidae
Order: Carnorvia
Genus: Smilodon
Common Name: Sabre Toothed Cat
Age: Pliestocene
Location: La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles, CA
Description: (replica) of a sabre toothed cat skull with full detail. Brown and black with white teeth.
Physical Characteristics:
Smilodon ( /'sma?l?d?n/), often called a saber-toothed cat or (incorrectly) saber-toothed tiger, is an extinct genus of machairodonts.[2] This sabre-toothed cat was endemic to North America and South America, living from near the beginning through the very end of the Pleistocene epoch (2.5 mya—10,000 years ago).
Family: Felidae
Genus: Smilodon
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnorvia
Phylum: ChordataCollection
Museum Collection of FossilsAcquisition
Accession
2011.57Source or Donor
Museum Collection of FossilsAcquisition Method
Long-term LoanDimensions
Width
8 inDepth
8 inLength
13-1/2 inLocation
Location
Container
RightDrawer
BottomShelf
Right, RightWall
NorthRoom
Delmar Smith HallBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
PermanentMoved By
Steve MillerDate
August 2, 2011Location
Container
RightDrawer
Top ShelfShelf
RightCabinet
Case # 1Wall
WestRoom
Fossil RoomBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
Permanent
