Baby Saber-Toothed Cat Tooth (IMAGE)

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Baby Saber-Toothed Cat Tooth

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This partial fossilized jaw is from a baby Smilodon fatalis. At the time of the cat's death, one of its adult canines (inside, top) was erupting alongside the baby canine (bottom).

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Courtesy of Wysocki, Feranec, Tseng, and Bjornsson

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