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#FossilFriday, The Midwest’s #Homotherium! A partial skullcap, the first Homotherium specimen found in Minnesota, was recovered in 2008 from Tyson Spring Cave in Fillmore County.

The find, along with a Cervalces scotti skullcap, was later published by Chris Widga and colleagues in Boreas (Widga et al., 2012).

Images courtesy of: Illinois State Museum (Facebook), Tyson Spring Cave (Website), Widga et al. (2012, Boreas), and Mather (2009, Minnesota Conservation Volunteer)
#Pleistocene #LostBones

Homotherium covert art from Mather, D. (2009). A new twist in megafauna history. Minnesota Conservation Volunteer, March–April 2009. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Skullcap photo form Tyson Spring Cave (Website)

Figure of Homotherium skullcap from Widga et al. (2012). Homotherium serum and Cervalces from the Great Lakes Region, USA: geochronology, morphology and ancient DNA. Boreas, 41(4)

Photo of Homotherium skullcap from Illinois State Museum (Facebook),

newest episode of Common Descent is about saber teeth!

They cover everything from Smilodon to Nimravids to Gorgonopsians to fanged deer (although not Hoplitomeryx)! Even Uintatherium gets a mention. Covers recent research on why Smilodon's canines would have been visible when the mouth was closed, while Homotherium's canines would have been concealed when the mouth was closed.

https://commondescentpodcast.com/2025/03/29/episode-214-saber-teeth/

#fossils
#saber
#fangs
#smilodon
#homotherium
#lips
#paleontology

This weeks #Lego #FossilFriday is #Homotherium

In 1826, Reverend John MacEnery found Pleistocene aged canine teeth in a cave near Devon.

In 1846, Richard Owen described those first fossils as Machairodus latidens,

In 1890, while reviewing the material, Emilio Fabrini proposed the name Homotherium, a subgenus of Machairodus.

Between 1918 and 1976 several more species of Homotherium were named

In 2014, a review recognized only one species of Homotherium in Eurasia, synonymizing the rest.

Skeleton of H. serum from Friesenhahn cave, Texas Science & Natural History Museum, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.

Did you hear about the nearly perfectly perserved #Homotherium cub found in ther permafrost in #Siberia? Check out this awesome news story, and more in the latest episode of the #PaleoPostPodcast! On #Spotify, #ApplePodcasts, and #Youtube! Youtube is the best way to view! - https://youtu.be/gatVz-ifY64?si=KW37qzSSfRtrftCs

Coming up on Monday enjoy the latest episode of the PaleoPostPodcast, as we delve into the topics of the sun, remains of a completely modified Homotherium or saber tooth cat in Siberia, Neanderthal and modern human interaction during the Mesolithic, and much more!
#PaleoPostPodcast #SaberTooth #Homotheriumdcast. Catch it soon! #PaleoPostPodcast #SaberTooth #Homotherium #Neanderthal #ModernHuman #Mesolithic #PodcastEpisode

Pleistocene Fauna Reference Sketch (Commission) - Krita, 2023 #iceage #mammals #mastodon #pronghorn #bison #lion #homotherium #sabertooth #krita #comicart #digitalart #conceptart

Reference drawing of a mastodon, pronghorn, bison, american lion, and scimitar cat

Just worked on modifying a #lego #Homotherium #fossil design i seen online into my own custom take on it.
What do we think of this big kitty?

close up view if the skull of the lego homotherium fossil

Mummified #SaberToothed Kitten Emerges in #Siberia
The #Homotherium cub was preserved in Siberian #permafrost with its fur and flesh intact.
Using CT scans to examine cub’s bones, Dr. Lopatin and colleagues confirmed the 37,000-year-old mummy was a Homotherium, a rangy, lion-size cat with long forelimbs and heavy shoulders. The species was the last of the saber-toothed cats, which occupied a branch on the tree of life distinct from modern #felines.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/science/saber-tooth-cat-mummy-siberia.html
https://archive.ph/A0dyY