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Common Name

scimitar saber toothed cat

Specimen Numbers

IMNH 900/11862

Species

Species: crenatidens

Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Carnivora Suborder: Feliformia Family: Felidae Subfamily: Machairodontinae Tribe: Homotherini Genus: Homotherium Species: crenatidens 491

Elements

Element	Length	Width	Thickness
Cranium	296.53	184.815	208.802
Mandible Right	178.015	49.391	80.892
Mandible Left	154.592	40.241	71.036
Cervical Vertebrae 1 - Atlas	99.274	143.542	56.896
Cervical Vertebrae 2 - Axis	110.346	66.016	72.915

Specimen Elements

City

Pocatello, Idaho USA

Age

Pliocene - Blancan to Pliocene - Blancan

Collector

Jonena Hearst

Collection

JAW Repository

Sex

Unknown

Is Complete

No

Date Published

8/25/2014

Repository

IMNH Paleontology

Repositing City: Pocatello, Idaho USA

Cause Of Death

Unknown

Elements

Specimen Links

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Comments

Specimen number: 900/11862 Homotherium crenatidens age (in this case the geologic age the specimen comes from) Pliocene Blancan Date found: 7/2/1991 Name of collector: Jonena Hearst, C. Whitaker, B. Marshall, Suzanne Miller Notes or other items of interest about the specimen. Bureau of Land Management. Part of J. Hearst doctoral dissertation

Nicknamed "Arnold" after Arnold Schwarzenegger