Re: "Terror Birds" & WWPB

[Danvarner@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/12/01 2:43:06 PM Pacific Standard Time, david.marjanovic@gmx.at writes:


<< While normal mammalian canines are rather conical*, sabercat sabers are laterally flattened, recurved and serrated, in one word, ziphodont. Reminds me of something, hmmm. I like the suggestion by far best that these teeth were used like those of big theropods -- to inflict incredible wounds to prey of unimportant size, e. g. various elephants. >>

       See JVP Vol.19 No.4 for Anton and Galobart's paper, "Neck function and predatory behavior in the scimitar toothed cat Homotherium latidens", pp. 771-784. DV