Sabertooth (Life of the Past) - Hardcover

Antón, Mauricio

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 025301042X ISBN 13: 9780253010421

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2014

Synopsis

With their spectacularly enlarged canines, sabertooth cats are among the most popular of prehistoric animals, yet it is surprising how little information about them is available for the curious layperson. What’s more, there were other sabertooths that were not cats, animals with exotic names like nimravids, barbourofelids, and thylacosmilids. Some were no taller than a domestic cat, others were larger than a lion, and some were as weird as their names suggest. Sabertooths continue to pose questions even for specialists. What did they look like? How did they use their spectacular canine teeth? And why did they finally go extinct? In this visual and intellectual treat of a book, Mauricio Antón tells their story in words and pictures, all scrupulously based on the latest scientific research. The book is a glorious wedding of science and art that celebrates the remarkable diversity of the life of the not-so-distant past.

About this title

Review:

The best paleomammal artist working today [and] his knowledge of sabertooths and their evolution is second to none. Author: Lars Werdelin Source: Swedish Museum of Natural History

From the Author:

Mauricio Antón has painted paleo murals for the Sabadell Museum in Spain, the Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid, the Florida Museum of Natural History, and the American Museum of Natural History. He has coauthored and illustrated numerous books, including Dogs: Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History; The National Geographic Book of Prehistoric Mammals; Evolving Eden; Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids; and The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives.

About this edition

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 025301042X
• ISBN 13: 9780253010421
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 268