Devil's Den Cave
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Devil's Den is a solution sinkhole near Williston, Florida. It has a small opening in the ground leading to a large cavern, partially filled with water.
Looking through the 'window' at the pool in Devil's Den
KM Mask Pointed Nose
Smilodon
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Smilodon is a genus of extinct felids. It is one of the best-known saber-toothed predators and prehistoric mammals. Although commonly known as the saber-toothed tiger, it was not closely related to th
Devil's Den Cave
…species, including 47 species of mammals such as mastodons, ground sloths, camels, horses, dire wolves, bog lemmings, Florida spectacled bears, saber-toothed cats, and peccaries, as well as many fish, amphibian, reptile, and bird fossils. The relative abundance of various species of mammals suggests that the land…
Smilodon populator fossil, Tellus Science Museum 1
1869 lithograph of the holotype molar and maxilla fragment of S. fatalis
Comparison between the skulls of the machairodonts Homotherium, Megantereon, and Smilodon, by Mauricio Antón
S. fatalis skeleton at the US National Museum of Natural History