Object Details
- Geologic Age
- Cenozoic - Quaternary - Pleistocene
- Record Last Modified
- 17 Oct 2024
- Skeletal Morphology
- Skull. Isolated Teeth; Updated
- Stratigraphy
- Palos Verdes Sand
- Place
- Los Angeles County, California, United States, North America
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- Paleogeneral
- Mammals Terrestrial - Quaternary
- Mammalia Pleistocene Geographic
- Paleobiology
- Published Name
- Smilodon fatalis (Leidy)
- Smilodon neogaeus
- Smilodon populator
- Canis dirus Leidy
- Bison sp
- Data Source
- NMNH - Paleobiology Dept.
- USNM Number
- V8570
- Taxonomy
- Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Synapsida Mammalia Eutheria Laurasiatheria Carnivora Felidae
- Record ID
- nmnhpaleobiology_12307012
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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