Fossils: Newly identified sabre-toothed cat from 9 million years ago weighed 600 pounds
A newly-identified sabre-toothed cat that lived in North America five to nine million years ago weighed some 600 pounds and could have taken down prey ten times its size. US researchers named the ferocious feline ‘Machairodus lahayishupup’ to honour the Cayuse people, on whose lands the original specimen was unearthed. In Old Cayuse, ‘Laháyis Húpup’ means ancient … Read more