Yahoo Entertainment July 03, 2026 • 08:56

Labeled just 'feline,' skull in a New York museum drawer turns out to be a 5-million-year-old saber-toothed cat - Yahoo

By Curtis Deacon

"Those upper canines were extremely efficient but also break very easily."

A postdoctoral researcher recently identified a 5-million-year-old saber-toothed cat fossil but the discovery didn't happen in the field. Instead, the previously unrecognized specimen was found tucke… [+2379 chars]

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Labeled just 'feline,' skull in a New York museum drawer turns out to be a 5-million-year-old saber-toothed cat - Yahoo

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