Radiocarbon dating indicates the male sabertooth cat died at the end of the Ice Age between 13,605 and 13,460 years ago before getting buried in the East Nishnabotna River in southwest Iowa.
may have been one of the last of the species to walk the planet as glaciers receded and temperatures rose, according to researchers.died at the end of the Ice Age between 13,605 and 13,460 years ago before getting buried in the East Nishnabotna River, according to Matthew Hil, an associate professor of archaeology at Iowa State and expert on animal bones.
Hill analyzed the specimen along with David Easterla, professor emeritus of biology at Northwest Missouri State University.Hill said the chance of finding any fossilized remains from a sabertooth cat is slim, and finding one in Page County is even rarer."The skull is a really big deal," he added. "Finds of this animal are widely scattered and usually represented by an isolated tooth or bone. This skull from the East Nishnabotna River is in near-perfect condition. It’s exquisite.
Dave Easterla, left, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Biology at Northwest Missouri State University and Matthew Hill, associate professor of anthropology at Iowa State, with a fossilized complete skull from a sabertooth cat from southw"We can learn a lot from these types of fossils.
"Iowa is a fantastic laboratory to do research on extinct Ice Age animals and the people who were just beginning to share the landscape with them," he said.
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