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Leogon — Dinofelis piveteaui
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Published: 2013-12-07 14:52:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 6767; Favourites: 254; Downloads: 39
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A dinofelis lying on a tree branch,baring it's sabers to a rival,maybe a bunch of scavengers. Dinofelis is Probably one of the predators that our own ancestors should have been frightened of.The dinofelis and the tree for this work have been created by PS CS6 and Artrage.The background has been adapted from a photo.
I hope you enjoy it.
پستانداران ماقبل تاریخ منقرض شده دیرینه شناسی تکامل فرگشت گربه سان دندان خنجری دینوفلیس فسیل پلیوسن پلئیستوسن
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Well those ancestor had a lot of things to be frightened of.
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Heck they found our ancestors skulls with their teeth marks on them!
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I like the new pattern! I've also been hearing that this was a member of the felinae....
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Sure it was!It was a true cat of tribe Metailurini.
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But weren't those machairodontids?
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Machairodntinae is a subfamily of family Felidae. Tribe Metailurini belongs to the subfamily Felinae.
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Were they then? According to Wikipedia, they're classified as machairodonts.
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Are you sure?
According to Wiki:
Dinofelis is a genus of sabre-toothed cats (Felinae) belonging to the tribe Metailurini. They were widespread in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America at least 5 million to about 1.2 million years ago (Early Pliocene to Early Pleistocene). Fossils very similar to Dinofelis from Lothagam range back to the Late Miocene, some 8 million years ago.
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I see. The thing is Wikipedia also classified the metailurini in the machairodont subfamily, on a seperate article.
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Ooo, this is beautiful. It also seems quite detailed and not as blurry as some of your others. You did a good job with the lighting.
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Fun fact,Dinofelis was probably the least of our ancestors worries, there were a lot of larger carnivores in Africa during the Pliocene such as the 800kg bear Agriotheirum,the massive short faced hyena Pachycrocuta witch was as big as a full grown lioness and the ferocious saber tooth cat Machairodus witch reached sizes comparable to a liger.
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But none of others seems to be agile like a dinofelis.
Today,leopards are more of a threat to primates compared to lions.
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Looks like a bigger, badder version of our modern day Clouded Leopard. Gorgeous!
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Thanks.They were much bigger than clouded leopards though.
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Well, I did say bigger and badder!
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I love his markings. Makes me think of an ocelot's markings.
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It's a little different from the ocelot's.Thanks for the visit
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I'm so happy to know that you like it.Thanks
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Great to show predators not killing something.
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They are killers anyway...But they've got acceptable reason!
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They don't always kill, mostly they're not even successful.
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Nice point! and whenever they kill,it's just what they use not for enjoying.
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Very true, Predators only kill because they have to.
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