Earliest sabretoothed mammal discovered (IMAGE)

Kyoto University

Earliest sabretoothed mammal discovered

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Discovery in southern California of a new genus and species of the family Nimravidae, Pangurban egiae, from the Eocene period, with strongly hypercarnivorous features.

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KyotoU/Jim Melli (San Diego Natural History Museum)

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