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Smilodon gracilis
196196Smilodon gracilis (Smilodon gracilis Cope, 1880)
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae, Machairodontinae.
Type: Carnivore.
Size: was around 2 meters long, 75 cm tall at the shoulder. Weight estimated at up to 50-150 kg.
Known locations: Throughout North and Central America (Pleistocene, 2.5 million to 500,000 years ago)
Time period: Throughout the Pleistocene.
The earliest species of Smilodon is S. gracilis, which existed from 2.5 million to 500,000 years ago and was the successor in North America of Megantereon, from which it probably evolved. Megantereon itself had entered North America from Eurasia during the Pliocene, along with Homotherium. S. gracilis reached the northern regions of South America in the Early Pleistocene as part of the Great American Interchange.
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Smilodon gracilis (Smilodon gracilis Cope, 1880)
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Carnivora, Felidae, Machairodontinae.
Type: Carnivore.
Size: was around 2 meters long, 75 cm tall at the shoulder. Weight estimated at up to 50-150 kg.
Known locations: Throughout North and Central America (Pleistocene, 2.5 million to 500,000 years ago)
Time period: Throughout the Pleistocene.
The earliest species of Smilodon is S. gracilis, which existed from 2.5 million to 500,000 years ago and was the successor in North America of Megantereon, from which it probably evolved. Megantereon itself had entered North America from Eurasia during the Pliocene, along with Homotherium. S. gracilis reached the northern regions of South America in the Early Pleistocene as part of the Great American Interchange.
-lahayishupup-346x277.jpg "Machairodus lahayishupup (Nimravides catacopsis lahayishupup)")
-346x277.jpg "The tigre dantero")