Mississippi man finds fossilized remains of saber-toothed tiger dating back 10,000 years Mississippi resident Eddie Templeton recently discovered a bone that once belonged to a saber-tooth tiger.

Sabre-toothed cats existed from the Eocene through the Pleistocene Epoch (56 million to 11,700 years ago). The most widely known genus of sabre-toothed cats is Smilodon, the "sabre-toothed tiger." ...

A bone of a saber-toothed tiger was found by a man in Mississippi. They were among a number of cats that roamed the state more than 10,000 years ago.

When we think of prehistoric predators, one of the most iconic creatures that comes to mind is the saber-toothed tiger, ...

Dr Schmökel examined 834 sabre-tooth-cat femurs dated to between 12,000 and 10,000 years ago. Around 6% had defects suggestive of a bone disease known as osteochondrosis dissecans.

During their prime, saber-toothed tigers weighed up to 750 pounds. For comparison, a modern male African lion weighs about 450 pounds, according to Zoo Atlanta. The bigger cats existed 56 million ...

An unusual saber-toothed creature, similar in size to a tiger but with a reptilian appearance, fought for its place as a predator during Earth’s worst mass extinction event 250 million years ago.

That’s one old kitty. Researchers have discovered the remains of a 35,000-year-old saber-toothed tiger cub nearly perfectly preserved in Siberian permafrost, according to reports. The remains… ...

The species went extinct about 12,000 years ago. Scientists have discovered a pristine fossil of a mummified saber-toothed kitten that had been frozen in the Russian tundra for about 37,000 years ...

An unusual saber-toothed creature, similar in size to a tiger but with a reptilian appearance, fought for its place as a predator during Earth’s worst mass extinction event 250 million years ago.