Sabertooth

Index

239 I Index Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. Aceratherium, 53 Acynonix: jubatus, 71; pardinensis, 64; sp. 70 Adelphailurus, 118 Adolfssen, J., 146, 194 Aelurognathus, 42, 80, 225 Aepycamelus, 56 Aepyceros melampus, 73, 74 Afar triangle, 63, 136 Afrosmilus, 99; hispanicus, 99 Agriotherium, 54 Ain Brimba, Tunisia, 121 Akersten, W., 187, 188, 230 Albanosmilus jordani, 52, 104, 108, 224 American Museum of Natural History, xviii, 4, 79, 92, 104 Amilitskii, V. P., 81 Amphicyonidae, 50, 51, 53, 120, 229 Amphimachairodus, 54, 54, 69, 118, 121, 122, 124; coloradensis, 127, 128; giganteus, 60, 65, 120, 123, 126, 127, 127; palanderi, 124, 127; tanneri, 128; tingii, 127 Anachlysictis, 84, 85 Anancus, 54, 54, 63 Anchitherium, 50 Ancylotherium hennigi, 75 Andes mountains, 62, 154, 226 Anthracotheridae, 47 Antidorcas recki, 74 antilocaprids, 55, 56, 225 Apataelurus, 46, 88, 158; kayi, 88 Archaeotherium, 47 Arctodus, 67 Ardipithecus ramidus, 62, 63 Arikareean, 92, 98 Australopithecus afarensis, 63; africanus, 221, 223 Avawatz mountains, California, 165 Awash River, 63 Ballesio, R., xviii, 163, 199 Barbourofelis, 55, 56, 74, 77, 86, 100, 104; body proportions, 196; delayed eruption of canines, 208; dental adaptations , 185; extinction, 224–225; forelimb structure, 193; fricki, 104, 107, 108, 160, 161, 191, 198, 208, 220; interpretations of infraorbital foramen shape, 178; loveorum, 107; morrisi, 104, 105, 106, 211; piveteaui, 108; whitfordi, 108 Batallones, Spain, 34, 69, 120, 122, 127, 141, 183, 189, 203, 214–215; discovery , excavation and study, xviii, xix, xx; fauna, 52, 53; origin of the accumulation , 35, 36 bear, 4, 35, 44, 51, 53, 54, 56, 66, 67, 79, 173, 179; claws, 194; confused with a sabertooth by Cuvier, 5, 118, 144; hemicyonine, 50; plantigrade locomotion, 162–163; short-faced, 66; versatile dentition, 8; whiskers, 179. See also Agriotherium bear-dogs, 35, 48, 50, 51, 53, 120, 229 Beaumont, G., viii, 124, 127, 139 Berg River, South Africa, 60 Big Chill, the, 48 Birch Creek, Idaho, 135 Bison, 31, 32, 66, 74, 199, 200, 201, 204, 225, 230 Blancan, 65, 135, 151 Bohlin, B., 181 Bolt’s Farm, South Africa, 33, 34, 114, 115 bone: astragalus, 163; calcaneum, 162, 162, 163, 164; carpal, 162; dentary, 12, 22, 78; fibula, 162; femur, 162, 197; humerus, 91, 162, 197, 199, 201, 202, 206; maxilla, 21, 79, 81, 86, 88, 153, 178; metacarpal, 162; metatarsal, 162, 163; occipital, 22, 104, 154, 191; parietal, 7; pelvis, 162; phalanx, 128, 162; premaxilla, 87, 170–171, 184; quadrate, 21, 205; radius, 162; scapula, 162, 199, 203; tarsal, 162; temporal, 12, 22, 80, 81, 205; tibia, 162; ulna, 162, 162 Borhyaena, 20 Borhyaenoidea, 14, 15, 20, 61, 84, 85, 230 Boule, M., 145 brain, 157, 199, 200, 204, 222; endocast , 176–178; size and intelligence, 177–178 Brain, C., 29, 222 Bravard, M., 145 Breal de Orocual, el, 33 Bridger Basin, 45, 46, 89 Brontotheres, 47, 48, 48 Broom, R. 79, 81, 84, 113, 114 Can Llobateres, 52 Caniformia, 173 Canine shear-bite, 184, 186, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 203 Canis, 15; dirus, 211; lupus, 8; mesomelas , 70 Carnivora, 7, 15, 178, 218 Ceratotherium: praecox, 75; simum, 75 Chadronian, 46, 47, 48, 90, 91, 92, 94 Chapadmalalian, 60, 62, 71 Chasmaporthetes, 71 Chauvet Cave, France, xi, xiv cheetah, xi, 89, 222; carnassials, 185; in carnivore guilds, 68–69; classification, 18–19; extinctions, 224, 229; function of vertebral column, 196; giant, 64; locomotion, 162; loss of claw retraction , 193, 194; prey size, 76. See also Acynonix: jubatus Chordata, 11 Christiansen, P., 146, 153, 194 Cistecephalus zone, 79, 81 cladism, 12 claw retraction, 132, 165, 182, 183, 193, 194 Coffee Ranch, Texas, 39, 56, 60, 165 Colbert, E.H., 80 Cope, E.D., 4, 92, 93, 98, 123, 134, 180, 218 Creodonta, 2, 7, 10, 14, 45, 46, 72, 73, 77, 89, 90, 158, 187; brains, 177–178; definition of families, 88; early evolution, 15; extinction, 219, 229; locomotion, 162, 163; position of carnassials, 15, 16, 88 Cretaceous, 6, 43, 44 Crocuta crocuta, 8, 68, 71; sp., 71 Croizet, J., 144, 145 CT (Computed Tomography), xv, 167, 177 Cuvier, G., xiv, 3, 5, 118, 119, 144, 145 Daphoenus, 48 Darwin, C., 11 Davis, D., 187 Dawson, M., 15, 88 Death Valley National Monument, California, 165 Dicynodon, 41 Dicynodonta, 41, 43, 44 digitigrade posture, 72, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166 Dimetrodon, 10, 79 Dinaelurictis, 89, 219 Dinaelurus, 89 Index 240 Dinictis, 48, 73, 90, 91–93; felina, 47, 90, 91, 92 Dinobastis, 134 Dinocephalians, 41 Dinofelis, 33, 34, 62, 62, 63, 71, 112, 115, 117; abeli, 116; aronoki, 117...