Mammal
Thylacosmilus
Its saber teeth appeared in a different lineage than felines.
Thylacosmilus had saber teeth, but did not belong to the felines.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Thylacosmilus at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It is interpreted as a consumer of other animals. Hunting and scavenging are not mutually exclusive behaviors.
- When it lived
- Neogene
- Group
- Thylacosmilidae
- Thylacosmilids
- Fossil locations
- Argentina
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Thylacosmilus
It was not a feline: it belonged to the sparassodonts, close to marsupials. The resemblance of its fangs to those of Smilodon is an example of convergent evolution.
Its saber teeth evolved in a different lineage from cats such as Smilodon. This is called convergence: similar body features can arise in animals with separate evolutionary histories.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Thylacosmilidae
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