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It's common knowledge that Smilodon has been mistakenly called the "saber-toothed tiger", yet it and other machairodontines were not closely related to the tiger or other members of the felid subfamily Pantherinae. However, Smilodon was the not the first saber-toothed cat to be bestowed the epithet "saber-toothed tiger". In a poem about Pleistocene mammals found in England, British poet Thomas Miller refers to the European machairodontine Homotherium latidens as a "saber-toothed tiger", in which case people in Europe and America had yet to literally use the term "saber-tooth tiger" for the Smilodon. Link: https://incertaesedisblog.wordpress.com/2022/06/28/the-origin-of-sabre-toothed-tiger/

Five Fascinating Ice Age Finds Discovered in Yukon Permafrost Rachael Lallensack, Smithsonian Magazine, February 7, 2022 Yours, Paul H.

Hi all, Yesterday I got these 4 amazing drawings from @Darko! I asked him to do the dire wolf and the Afrovenator for me in exchange for some pyrite ammonites, and he slipped in two extra drawings! Thanks a lot Darko! I think you guys can all agree that these are proof of true talent from this artist Enjoy, Max Afrovenator abakensis

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Fossils from cat with 'steak knife' fangs, found in Yukon, give researchers something to chew on. Two fossils help provide new insight into the mysterious, and extinct, scimitar cat. CBC News, Oct 25, 2017 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-scimitar-cat-fossils-paleontologists-1.4372037 The paper is: Paijmans, J.L., Barnett, R., Gilbert, M.T.P., Zepeda-Mendoza, M.L., Reumer, J.W., de Vos, J., Zazula, G., Nagel, D., Baryshnikov, G.F., Leonard, J.A. and Rohland, N., 2017. Evolutionary History of Saber-Toothed Cats Based on Ancient Mitogenomics. Current Biology. http://b3.ifrm.com/30233/130/0/p3005065/Evolutionary_History_of_Saber_Toothed_Cats_Based_on_Ancient_Mitogenomics.pdf http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982217311983 Other articles are: Klondike placer miner makes rare discovery of extinct muskox skull. Stuart Schmidt discovered the helmeted muskox skull and horns. during routine work on Monday. CBC News, Sep 14, 2017 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/klondike-muskox-schmidt-placer-skull-1.4290440 How one Yukon fossil helped solve an ancient mystery A single fossil found a decade ago near Old Crow prompted new d iscoveries about North America's first bison By Paul Tukker, CBC News, March16, 2017 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-fossil-bison-beringia-north-america-1.4027052 Paul H.