Smilodon Skull Replica with Stand

Saber Tooth Cat Skull, Smilodon fatalis. La Brea Color, large feline carnivore of Pleistocene N America. LA County MNH licensed copy.
Also availabe in natural bone color. 14 in x 8.5 in x 12in / 36cm x 22 cm x 30 cm.

The terms saber-toothed cat and saber-toothed tiger describe numerous species, mainly in the families Felidae (subfamily Machairodontinae), Hyaenodontidae, and Nimravidae, but also including two marsupial families, that lived during various parts of the Cenozoic and evolved their saber-toothed characteristics entirely independently. The saber-tooth morphology is an excellent example of convergent evolution as it occurred repeatedly and independently in at least four distinct mammalian groups. They are most known for having teeth which were in some species up to 20 cm long, and extended down from the mouth even when closed. Saber-tooth cats were generally more robust than today's cats and were quite bear-like in build.