megafever Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Have there been ever a saber tooth tiger teeth find on the east coast? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW9090 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Yes. Smildon gracilis is well known from Florida, and Smilodon fatalis is as well. The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squali Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 I Know that Smilodon gracilis Cope was found at the Port Kennedy site at Valley Forge Pa. A large variety of post Pliocene fossils were found in a fissure deposit in the late 1800's. It's hard to remember why you drained the swamp when your surrounded by alligators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Were any found at big bone lick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megafever Posted March 16, 2014 Author Share Posted March 16, 2014 I don't think there was any . I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW9090 Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 S. gracilis was found at Port Kennedy Bone Cave. The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Stydens Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Yes, they have. I have been working with the S.C. State Museum for several years on a site at the Giant Cement quarry in Harleyville, S.C. The site has not been worked for a few years, but there is still a lot more to be dug. Hopefully, the digging will resume soon. Here is a link to a web page that I wrote several years ago, and most of the information is still accurate. There are a number of thumbnails you can click on to see some of the fossils found there, including smilodon fatalis. http://www.earthrelics.com/camelot.html By the way, I found a carnaissial tooth from smilodon gracilis at a late Pliocene/early Pleistocene site near Summerville. It was the one and only gracilis fossil I have ever found in S.C. Angus Stydens www.earthrelics.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members cyclemia Posted June 26, 2015 New Members Share Posted June 26, 2015 i have a saber. but i received it over 20yrs ago as a gift from my fathers friend I don't recall where he went but i don't believe it was found on the east coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Saber_cat teeth are incredibly rare. In discussions with Richard Hulbert a couple of years back, he state that there have only been 16 documented finds of Smilodon material ever. That does not include private finds like the carnassial that PrehistoricFlorida has shown in a current TFF thread. Here is a saber_cat incisor found recently in Florida by a TFF member. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/54043-cusps-serrations/ I can only imagine the value of an actual "Saber" in a private collection.. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW9090 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 (edited) There are far more than 16 documented finds of Smilodon from Florida. I suspect what he said was that there are only 16 specimens of Smilodon fatalis, the Rancholabrean species - or he may have meant finds from 16 sites. Which is really quite a lot. When you add in Smilodon gracilis, then there are many specimens (Annalisa Berta described the sample from Leisey and other localities).. You'd also have to include Megatereon hesperus, as it is a Smilodontine as well - the earliest in North America, from the Palmetto Fauna. While sabertooth material is far from common in Florida compared to other critters, it is well known. Edited June 27, 2015 by RichW9090 1 The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 There are far more than 16 documented finds of Smilodon from Florida. I suspect what he said was that there are only 16 specimens of Smilodon fatalis, the Rancholabrean species - or he may have meant finds from 16 sites. Which is really quite a lot. When you add in Smilodon gracilis, then there are many specimens (Annalisa Berta described the sample from Leisey and other localities).. You'd also have to include Megatereon hesperus, as it is a Smilodontine as well - the earliest in North America, from the Palmetto Fauna. While sabertooth material is far from common in Florida compared to other critters, it is well known. Thanks for the correction, Rich. I also now believe that Richard was referring to 16 sites, not 16 finds. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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