Isotopic evidence of saber-tooth development, growth rate, and diet from the adult canine of Smilodon fatalis from Rancho La Brea

2004/02/27 by Robert S. Feranec · 3 citations
Chemistry · Dentistry · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Animal science #Biology #CATS #Carnivora #Carnivore #Chemistry #Dentistry #Ecology #Enamel paint #Endocrinology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Evolutionary biology #Extant taxon #Internal medicine #Isotope Analysis in Ecology #Isotope analysis #Isotopes of oxygen #Juvenile #Marine animal studies overview #Ontogeny #Predation #Stable isotope ratio #Zoology #δ13C #δ18O

paper · doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.01.009

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Citations

• Stable carbon isotope ratio differences between bone collagen and bone apatite, and their relationship to diet
• Sexual dimorphism in the canines and skulls of carnivores: effects of size, phylogency, and behavioural ecology
• The hunters and the hunted revisited
• The Seasonal Mobility Model for Prehistoric Herders in the South-western Cape of South Africa Assessed by Isotopic Analysis of Sheep Tooth Enamel
• Behavioral implications of saber-toothed felid morphology

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• Smilodon [wikipedia]