Pardo-Judd and DeSantis (2025) discuss isotopic evidence suggesting that Smilodon fatalis hunted in transitional zones between open woodlands and grasslands in the Camelot fossil fauna of South Carolina during the late Irvingtonian.
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Pardo-Judd and DeSantis (2025) discuss isotopic evidence suggesting that Smilodon fatalis hunted in transitional zones between open woodlands and grasslands in the Camelot fossil fauna of South Carolina during the late Irvingtonian.
A 2007 computer-reconstruction study estimated jaw-muscle-driven bite force in Smilodon fatalis at about one-third that of a comparably sized lion; this is a model result, not a direct measurement of a living animal.
Approved version OWNER-REVIEW-20261108T211333122 · last approved 9 November 2026
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