Showing papers on "Homotherium published in 2015"

TL;DR: Five teeth and one humerus fragment that are unambiguously from two individual saber-toothed cats are presented that suggest that the wooden spears found at Schöningen were not necessarily only used for hunting, but possibly also as a weapon for self-defense.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors measured oxygen and carbon isotope compositions from teeth from three fossil localities in California, The McKittrick Tar seeps (Rancholabrean), Fairmead Landfill, and Irvington (both Irvingtonian).

TL;DR: In this article, the Punta Lucero Quarry (Biscay province, Northern Iberian Peninsula) has been used for the first time the complete collection from the site and the fossil association from this site includes several ungulates, such as a Megacerine deer, Cervus elaphus, large bovids (likely both Bos primigenius and Bison sp. are present), Stephanorhinus sp., and carnivores, including Homotherium latidens, Panthera gombaszoegensis, Canis mosbac