Isotopic evidence of saber-tooth development, growth rate, and diet from the adult canine of Smilodon fatalis from Rancho La Brea

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 206, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 303-310

  Feranec, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canine development; Diet; Enamel; Smilodon; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

DIET; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PALEOECOLOGY; TOOTH;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; PANTHERA LEO; PANTHERA TIGRIS; SMILODON; SMILODON FATALIS;

EID: 16544378316     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.01.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (39)

1. Akersten W.A. Canine function in Smilodon (Mammalia; Felidae; Machairodontinae). Contributions in Science Natural History Museum, Los Angeles County. 356:1985;1-22.
2. Akersten W.A., Foppe T.M., Jefferson G.T. New source of dietary data for extinct herbivores. Quaternary Research. 30:1988;92-97.
3. Amundson R., Chadwick O., Kendall C., Wang Y., DeNiro M. Isotopic evidence for shifts in atmospheric circulation patterns during the late Quaternary in mid-North America. Geology. 24:1996;23-26.
4. Balasse M., Ambrose S.H., Smith A.B., Price T.D. The seasonal mobility model for prehistoric herders in the South-western Cape of South Africa assessed by isotopic analysis of sheep tooth enamel. Journal of Archaeological Science. 29:2002;917-932.
5. Bocherens H., Fizet M., Mariotti A. Diet, physiology and ecology of fossil mammals as inferred from stable carbon and nitrogen isotope biogeochemistry: implications for Pleistocene bears. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 107:1994;213-225.
6. Bryant H.N. Delayed eruption of the deciduous upper canine in the saber-toothed carnivore Barbourofelis lovei (Carnivora Nimravidae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 8:1988;295-306.
7. Bryant H.N. Implications of the dental eruption sequence in Barbourofelis (Carnivora, Nimravidae) for the function of upper canines and the duration of parental care in sabertoothed carnivores. Journal of Zoology (London). 222:1990;585-590.
8. Cerling T.E., Harris J.M. Carbon isotope fractionation between diet and bioapatite in ungulate mammals and implications for ecological and paleoecological studies. Oecologia. 120:1999;347-363.
9. Cerling T.E., Sharp Z.D. Stable carbon and oxygen isotope analysis of fossil tooth enamel using laser ablation. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 126:1996;173-186.
10. Cerling T.E., Harris J.M., MacFadden B.J., Leakey M.G., Quade J., Eisenmann V., Ehleringer J.R. Global vegetation change through the Miocene/Pliocene boundary. Nature. 389:1997;153-158.
11. DeNiro M.J., Epstein S. Carbon isotopic evidence for different feeding patterns in two Hyrax species occupying the same habitat. Science. 201:1978;906-908.
12. Emerson S.B., Radinsky L. Functional analysis of sabertooth cranial morphology. Paleobiology. 6:1980;295-312.
13. Feranec R.S., MacFadden B.J. Evolution of the grazing niche in Pleistocene mammals from Florida: evidence from stable isotopes. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 162:2000;155-169.
14. Fricke H.C., O'Neil J.R. Inter- and intra-tooth variation in the oxygen isotope composition of mammalian tooth enamel phosphate: implications for palaeoclimatological and palaeobiological research. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 126:1996;91-99.
15. Gittleman J.L., Van Valkenburgh B. Sexual dimorphism in the canines and skulls of carnivores: effects of size, phylogeny, and behavioural ecology. Journal of Zoology (London). 242:1997;97-117.
16. Gonyea W.J. Behavioral implications of saber-toothed felid morphology. Paleobiology. 2:1976;332-342.
17. Koch P.L., Fisher D.C., Dettman D. Oxygen isotope variation in the tusks of extinct proboscideans: a measure of season of death and seasonality. Geology. 17:1989;515-519.
18. Koch P.L., Tuross N., Fogel M.L. The effects of sample treatment and diagenesis on the isotopic integrity of carbonate in biogenic hydroxylapatite. Journal of Archaeological Science. 24:1997;417-429.
19. 18O values: accounting for diet and physiological adaptation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 60:1996;4811-4829.
20. Kohn M.J., Schoeninger M.J., Valley J.W. Variability in oxygen isotope compositions of herbivore teeth: reflections of seasonality or developmental physiology. Chemical Geology. 152:1998;97-112.
21. Lee-Thorp J.A., Sealy J.C., van der Merwe N.J. Stable carbon isotope ratio differences between bone collagen and bone apatite, and their relationship to diet. Journal of Archaeological Science. 16:1989;585-599.
22. Lee-Thorp J.A., Thackeray J.F., van der Merwe N. The hunters and the hunted revisited. Journal of Human Evolution. 39:2000;565-576.
23. MacFadden B.J., Cerling T.E. Mammalian herbivore communities, ancient feeding ecology, and carbon isotopes: a 10 million-year sequence from the Neogene of Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 16:1996;103-115.
24. 4 grasses interpreted from stable isotopes of New World Pleistocene horse (Equus) teeth. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 8:1999;137-149.
25. Marcus L., Berger F. The significance of radiocarbon dates for Rancho La Brea. Martin P.S., Klein R.G. Quaternary Extinctions. 1984;159-183 The University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
26. Mazak V. Panthera tigris. Mammalian Species. 152:1981;1-8.
27. Passey B.H., Cerling T.E. Tooth enamel mineralization in ungulates: implications for recovering a primary isotopic time-series. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 66:2002;3225-3234.
28. Quade J., Cerling T.E., Barry J.C., Morgan M.E., Pilbeam D.R., Chivas A.R., Lee-Thorp J.A., van der Merwe N.J. A 16-Ma record of paleodiet using carbon and oxygen isotopes in fossil teeth from Pakistan. Chemical Geology (Isotope Geosciences Section). 94:1992;183-192.
29. Rawn-Schatzinger V. Development and eruption sequence of deciduous and permanent teeth in the saber-tooth cat Homotherium serum Cope. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 3:1983;49-57.
30. Schoeninger M.J., DeNiro M.J. Carbon isotope ratios of apatite from fossil bone cannot be used to reconstruct diets of ancient animals. Nature. 297:1982;577-578.
31. Simpson G.G. The function of saber-like canines in carnivorous mammals. American Museum Novitates. 1130:1941;1-12.
32. Smuts G.L., Anderson J.L., Austin J.C. Age determination of the African Lion. Journal of Zoology, London. 185:1978;115-146.
33. Sponheimer M., Lee-Thorp J.A. Oxygen isotopes in enamel carbonate and their ecological significance. Journal of Archaeological Science. 26:1999;723-728.
34. Sponheimer M., Lee-Thorp J.A. The oxygen isotope composition of mammalian enamel carbonate from Morea Estate, South Africa. Oecologia. 126:2001;153-157.
35. Tejada-Flores A.E., Shaw C.A. Tooth replacement and skull growth in Smilodon from Rancho La Brea. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 4:1984;114-121.
36. Vogel J.C. Isotopic assessment of the dietary habits of ungulates. South African Journal of Science. 74:1978;298-301.
37. Wang Y., Cerling T.E. A model of fossil tooth and bone diagenesis: implications for paleodiet reconstruction from stable isotopes. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 107:1994;281-289.
38. Watson, L., Dallwitz, M.J., 1992 onwards. 'Grass Genera of the World: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval; including Synonyms, Morphology, Anatomy, Physiology, Phytochemistry, Cytology, Classification, Pathogens, World and Local Distribution, and References'. http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/. Version: 18th August 1999.
39. Woodard G.D., Marcus L.F. Rancho La Brea fossil deposits: a re-evaluation from stratigraphic and geological evidence. Journal of Paleontology. 47:1973;54-69.