Guest Smilodon Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 (edited) Okay, you are vying for an "Attaboy" or a virtual box of rocks - your choice (we're still back ordered on the rocks.) Sorry, but going to need genus and species for full credit. Early Pleistocene Florida Shouldn't be too hard unless some smarty jumps the gun. Ready, Set, Go! Edited March 20, 2010 by Smilodon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Some sort of felid, panther? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 (edited) Some sort of felid, panther? Hmmm. You are in the ballpark, Anson. But it's a rather large ballpark and such a small tooth. Edit: Besides, paraphrasing Ogden Nash - If it's a panther, I won't anther Edited March 20, 2010 by Smilodon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Okay, you are vying for an "Attaboy" or a virtual box of rocks - your choice (we're still back ordered on the rocks.) Sorry, but going to need genus and species for full credit. Early Pleistocene Florida Shouldn't be too hard unless some smarty jumps the gun. Ready, Set, Go! Is it a bobcat premolar? They have small teeth like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TourmalineGuy Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 (edited) Puma yagouaroundi? Wild guess and I'm not sure if the genus is correctly Leopardus, but it probably doesn't matter because I'm probably wrong. Edited March 20, 2010 by TourmalineGuy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 (edited) Puma yagouaroundi? Wild guess and I'm not sure if the genus is correctly Leopardus, but it probably doesn't matter because I'm probably wrong. It's 9:00 east coast time so here is a little hint (there will be a real one at midnight) ss and TG, again, you are also in the ballpark but you have been assigned to left field, way out in left field. That sure is a small tooth isn't it? Edited March 21, 2010 by Smilodon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TourmalineGuy Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Leopardus wiedii (Margay)...I really don't have the time to do any research right now, so I'll keep throwing out wild guesses since no one else is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenixflood Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Megantereon cultridens The soul of a Fossil Hunter is one that is seeking, always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordpiney Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 xenosmilus hodsonae? lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Phoenix steps up to the plate. Here's the pitch. He swings and sends a deep fly to left center. It looks like it's gonna be OUTTA HE.. Oh no, it's caught by the centerfielder. "Coach, what do you have to say?" "Well, Johnny, Sad to say but, Megantereon cultridens never made it to Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 (edited) xenosmilus hodsonae? lol. Xenosmilus hodsonae, you say? That's an awfully big critter for such a small tooth. btw - a really funny story about Xenosmilus in the post game wrap up. Edited March 21, 2010 by Smilodon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Phoenix has provided the opportunity for a good clue. Consider a clue given in my answer. I'll see you all in the morning whenever I get up and all will be revealed. :zoro: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TourmalineGuy Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Megantereon hesperus then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Megantereon hesperus then. Continuing the analogy, TG sends a deep one to left, and it IS outta here, but the left fielder leaps, reaches over the fence, catches the ball, and brings it back into play. So close. "What do you have to say, Coach" "Well, Johnny, TG was so close, but Megantereon hesperus, was a Pliocene beast." I'm going out for some bagels - see ya in a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenixflood Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Wax on, wane off Megantereon nihowanensis The soul of a Fossil Hunter is one that is seeking, always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svillej Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Lynx issiodorensis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TourmalineGuy Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Smilodon gracilis or a turtle tooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 (edited) Smilodon gracilis or a turtle tooth. TG, you, finally, DA MAN!!! Turtle tooth? Right you are! JK JK Edited March 21, 2010 by Smilodon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TourmalineGuy Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 wow, I guess I was bound to eventually get it. I didn't think its teeth would be that small. How big was Smilodon Gracilis' skull? Or, even better, how big was Smilodon Gracilis? I think I'm going to make myself a virtual box of rocks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 While I don't require you to show your work, with some of those species you all threw out, I know you cracked a book or googled around. That's good enough for me. "Teaching moment" ***warning*** - Collectors tend to think of the Pleistocene as pretty much unchanging until the megafauna died off. It may have only lasted less than 2 million years, but plenty changed besides the great die-off. 1 - Megantereon is believed to be the Pliocene ancestor of the big late Pleistocene Sabercat Smilodon fatalis (floridanus, californicus) that everyone knows from La Brea. Some have even heard of Smilodon populator from South America - the largest Sabercat that ever lived. But there was a third Smilodon, Smilodon gracilis that only appears in North America in the early Pleistocene and then goes extinct before it is over. 2 - Big teeth come only from big critters. Little teeth can come from big critters too. You guys seemed to have fun. I did too. We'll do it again someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 (edited) wow, I guess I was bound to eventually get it. I didn't think its teeth would be that small. How big was Smilodon Gracilis' skull? Or, even better, how big was Smilodon Gracilis? I think I'm going to make myself a virtual box of rocks... As the species name implies, it was gracile = slender/less robust. I've seen sabers, verts, and limbbones - looks to be roughly 15-20% smaller than fatalis and less robust. Plus, S. fatalis does not retain that premolar. Edited March 21, 2010 by Smilodon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TourmalineGuy Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 For those with access to JSTOR, this article, http://www.jstor.org/pss/1304759 , has nice comparison of Smilodon gracilis and Megantereon Hesperus jaws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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