Saber-toothed Cat, Saber-toothed Cat
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: The cast was made from a fossilized saber-toothed cat skull found in the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, California. The La Brea Tar Pits are a group of natural tar pits that animals became trapped in. After their death, their bones were preserved in the tar. The upper portion of the skull cast measures about 26cm x 40.5cm and the mandible measures about 7cm x 17cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 2
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 May 2023
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Smilodon fatalis
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO400603
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora, Feliformia, Felidae, Machairodontinae
physicalDescription: label: Is this real?
content: No, it's a cast.