An early saber-toothed cat, Adelphailurus kansensis (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

An early saber-toothed cat, Adelphailurus kansensis

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An artist’s rendering of what the early saber-toothed cat, Adelphailurus kansensis, might have looked like in its heyday 5 million years ago. About the size of today’s mountain lions, the cats already had teeth optimized for slicing and shredding flesh, though the fangs were much smaller than those of later sabertooths, such as the iconic Smilodon.

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J. Gomarra

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