American Lion Humerus Bone Replica
$140.00
The jaw possesses thick bone deposition at the chin symphysis, showing a specialized ability to shatter the necks of massive ice-age megafauna animal.
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Description
American Lion Humerus Bone Replica for Felinology
American lion humerus bone replica measures 17.0 inches. Panthera atrox bone is museum-quality polyurethane resin cast from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Foundation, Page Museum specimen. 1:1 scale. Made in USA.
Simpson referred several fossils from central Mexico, even as far south as Chiapas, as well as Nebraska and other regions of the western US, to P. atrox. 1971 witnessed the description of fragmentary remains from Alberta, Canada that extended P. atrox’s range north.
In 2009, an entrapment site was set up at the remote Natural Trap Cave in Big Horn County, Wyoming was briefly described and is the second most productive Panthera atrox-bearing fossil site. It most importantly contains well-preserved mitochondrial DNA of many partial skeletons.
Scientfic classification:
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Carnivora
- Suborder: Feliformia
- Family: Felidae
- Subfamily: Pantherinae
- Genus: Panthera
- Species: †P. atrox
- Binomial name: †Panthera atrox
- Conservation Status: Extinct
The Amercian lion, saber-toothed cat, dire wolf, and Harlan’s ground sloth allows for a direct look at the comparative anatomy of different killing bites from the shearing teeth of the smilodon to the bone-crushing jaws of the dire wolf and the massive, muscular bite of the american lion.
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| Weight | 7.0 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 17.0 in |
