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Smilodon fatalis, a saber-toothed cat of the Pleistocene, is known from thousands of specimens recovered at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles and possessed upper canines reaching roughly 18 cm in length.
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Iconic saber-toothed cat with thousands of La Brea specimens; exceptionally strong public and scientific profile.
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Smilodon populator, the largest saber-toothed cat, inhabited Pleistocene South America and had an estimated body mass of up to 400 kg, making it one of the heaviest feliform carnivorans in the fossil record.
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Largest Smilodon species with impressive size; less abundantly known and less iconic than S. fatalis.
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Thylacosmilus atrox, a sparassodont from the Miocene–Pliocene of South America, independently evolved elongated saber-like upper canines and bony lower-jaw flanges convergent with those of true saber-toothed cats despite being only distantly related.
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Striking saber-toothed metatherian with strong convergent-evolution value; functional interpretation remains debated.
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Lycaenops ornatus is an extinct gorgonopsian therapsid known from Late Permian rocks of South Africa's Karoo Basin. Like other gorgonopsians, it was a predatory non-mammalian synapsid with an elongated skull and enlarged, saber-like canine teeth adapted for seizing prey. Fossils of the species help...
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Classic saber-toothed gorgonopsian with good Karoo representation; moderate public recognition.
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Smilodon fatalis currently leads the Saber Tooth results with a displayed score of 9.05/10. This is an editorial ranking result for the items included on this page, not a universal verdict for every use case.
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