The consummate guide to the ultimate sabertooth.

Few animals spark the imagination as much as the sabertooth cat Smilodon. With their incredibly long canines, which hung like fangs past their jaws, these ferocious predators were first encountered by humans when our species entered the Americas. We can only imagine what ice age humans felt when they were confronted by a wild cat larger than a Siberian tiger.

Because Smilodon skeletons are perennial favorites with museum visitors, researchers have devoted themselves to learning as much as possible about the lives of these massive cats. This volume, edited by celebrated academics, brings together a team of experts to provide a comprehensive and contemporary view of all that is known about Smilodon. The result is a detailed scientific work that will be invaluable to paleontologists, mammalogists, and serious amateur sabertooth devotees.

The book
* covers all major aspects of the animal's natural history, evolution, phylogenetic relationships, anatomy, biomechanics, and ecology
* traces all three Smilodon species across both North and South America
* brings together original, unpublished research with historical accounts of Smilodon's discovery in nineteenth-century Brazil

The definitive reference on these iconic Pleistocene mammals, Smilodon will be cited by researchers for decades to come.

Contributors: John P. Babiarz, Wendy J. Binder, Charles S. Churcher, Larisa R. G. DeSantis, Robert S. Feranec, Therese Flink, James L. Knight , Margaret E. Lewis, Larry D. Martin, H. Gregory McDonald, Julie A. Meachen, William C. H. Parr, Ashley R. Reynolds. Kevin L. Seymour, Christopher A. Shaw, C. S. Ware, Lars Werdelin, H. Todd Wheeler, Stephen Wroe, M. Aleksander Wysocki

The consummate guide to the ultimate sabertooth.

About the Author

Lars Werdelin is a professor of paleontology at the Swedish Museum of Natural History. He is the coeditor of Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. H. Gregory McDonald is a regional paleontologist for the Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office. He is the coauthor of The White River Badlands: Geology and Paleontology. Christopher A. Shaw is a research associate and former collections manager at the George C. Page Museum.

Reviews
Any college-level science collection strong in paleontology must have this in-depth and authoritative survey.
-Donovan's Literary Services
This edited collection brings together the who-is-who of sabertooth palaeontology to provide a thorough and technical overview of the current state of the field . . . this book is a treasure trove collecting review articles and new research on Smilodon.
-Natural History Book Service
Detailed descriptions of specimens are presented in several papers and make the book an essential reference for researchers working on specimen identification for extinct felids . . . This book does a very good job of summarizing our current understanding of the natural history of an extinct taxon while laying a foundation for additional research.
-Christopher N. Jass, Quaternary Palaeontology Program, Royal Alberta Museum, Quarterly Review of Biology
In Smilodon: The Iconic Sabertooth, Werdelin, McDonald, Shaw, and colleagues provide a comprehensive volume that thoroughly documents both the science of Smilodon as well as the extraordinary details behind its story, successfully tracking down obscure historic collectors and specimens. This far-reaching book fills a gap in the literature.
-Alexis M. Mychajliw, La Brea Tar Pits & Museum, Journal of Mammalogy



Book Information
ISBN 9781421425566
Author Lars Werdelin
Format Hardback
Page Count 224
Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight(grams) 703g
Dimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 19mm