Post by dinosauria101 on Mar 22, 2019 20:32:40 GMT 5
American Scimitar (coalition of 2) - Homotherium serum
The scimitar cat is the lesser known of the two ‘sabre-toothed’ cats of ice age North America. This extinct cat was a formidable hunter and evidence suggests it was the major predator of mammoths during its time. Scimitar cats were about the size of a modern lion but had longer, more slender limbs. Their most distinctive feature was their sabre-like teeth a feature that they shared with their American cousins, sabre-toothed cats. Several key features distinguish scimitar cats from sabre-tooths. The canine teeth of scimitar cats were shorter and more slender than those of the sabre-tooth and were finely serrated, making them powerful slicing tools. The scimitar cat had a somewhat unusual build with comparatively long front legs, a sloping back and shorter hind legs. Height: 1.1m (3.5ft) at the shoulder, Weight: 150-250 kg (330-550lb)
Steppe Bison - Bison priscus
The steppe bison or steppe wisent (Bison priscus) is an extinct species of bison that was once found on the mammoth steppe where its range included Europe, Central Asia, Northern Asia, Beringia, and North America, from northwest Canada to Mexico during the Quaternary. It is believed to have evolved from Bison paleosinensis in South Asia, which means the species appeared at roughly the same time and region as the aurochs with which its descendants are sometimes confused. The steppe bison was eventually contemporaneous with the Pleistocene woodland bison (B. schoetensacki) and the European bison (Bison bonasus) in Europe, Leptobison in Japan, and the long horned bison (Bison latifrons) in North America. The steppe bison became extinct in the early Holocene, as it was replaced in Europe by the modern bison B. bonasus, which is likely a hybrid between B. priscus and aurochs, and in America by a sequence of species (Bison antiquus, Bison occidentalis,) culminating in the modern American bison. The steppe bison was over 2 m tall at the shoulder, and resembled the modern bison species, reaching 900 kg (2,000 lb) in weight. The tips of the horns were a meter apart, the horns themselves being over half a meter long.
Credit to Wikipedia
The scimitar cat is the lesser known of the two ‘sabre-toothed’ cats of ice age North America. This extinct cat was a formidable hunter and evidence suggests it was the major predator of mammoths during its time. Scimitar cats were about the size of a modern lion but had longer, more slender limbs. Their most distinctive feature was their sabre-like teeth a feature that they shared with their American cousins, sabre-toothed cats. Several key features distinguish scimitar cats from sabre-tooths. The canine teeth of scimitar cats were shorter and more slender than those of the sabre-tooth and were finely serrated, making them powerful slicing tools. The scimitar cat had a somewhat unusual build with comparatively long front legs, a sloping back and shorter hind legs. Height: 1.1m (3.5ft) at the shoulder, Weight: 150-250 kg (330-550lb)
Steppe Bison - Bison priscus
The steppe bison or steppe wisent (Bison priscus) is an extinct species of bison that was once found on the mammoth steppe where its range included Europe, Central Asia, Northern Asia, Beringia, and North America, from northwest Canada to Mexico during the Quaternary. It is believed to have evolved from Bison paleosinensis in South Asia, which means the species appeared at roughly the same time and region as the aurochs with which its descendants are sometimes confused. The steppe bison was eventually contemporaneous with the Pleistocene woodland bison (B. schoetensacki) and the European bison (Bison bonasus) in Europe, Leptobison in Japan, and the long horned bison (Bison latifrons) in North America. The steppe bison became extinct in the early Holocene, as it was replaced in Europe by the modern bison B. bonasus, which is likely a hybrid between B. priscus and aurochs, and in America by a sequence of species (Bison antiquus, Bison occidentalis,) culminating in the modern American bison. The steppe bison was over 2 m tall at the shoulder, and resembled the modern bison species, reaching 900 kg (2,000 lb) in weight. The tips of the horns were a meter apart, the horns themselves being over half a meter long.
Credit to Wikipedia
