Sabertooth (Life of the Past)

269 Pages·2013·33.31 MB·English

by  Mauricio Antón

Sabertooth
Life of the Past James O. Farlow, editor
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T O O T H
Mauricio Antón
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For my family and in memory of Alan Turner.
And what shoulder and what art Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat, What dread hand and what dread feet?
William Blake, “The Tyger”

Contents C
Foreword xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
1. What Is a Sabertooth? 2
2. The Ecology of Sabertooths 26
3. A Who’s Who of Sabertoothed Predators 77
4. Sabertooths as Living Predators 157
5. Extinctions 217
Bibliography 231
Index 239