Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Alternative combinations: Felis fatalis, Machaerodus fatalis, Trucifelis fatalis
Synonyms: Machaerodus floridanus Leidy 1889, Smilodon californicus Bovard 1907, Smilodon floridanus Leidy 1889, Smilodon nebraskensis Matthew 1918, Smilodon trinitiensis Slaughter 1960, Smilodontopsis conardi Brown 1908, Smilodontopsis troglodytes Brown 1908
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1868. Notice of Some Vertebrate Remains from Harden County, Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20:174-176
Belongs to Smilodon according to B. Kurtén and L. Werdelin 1990
See also Berta 1985, Berta 1987, Cope 1880, Dalquest and Schultz 1992, Forster and Spamer 1986, Hay 1902, Jefferson 1991, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Leidy 1868, Lull 1921, Lundelius 1972, Martin et al. 1988, Morgan and Seymour 1997, Munson et al. 1980, Rawn-Schatzinger 1983 and Webb 1974
Sister taxa: Smilodon crucians, Smilodon gracilis, Smilodon populator, Smilodon riggii
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Alberta collection), Mexico (4), Peru (1), United States (31: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Maryland, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia), Uruguay (1)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
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