The Dinosaur Dave on Nostr: This weeks #Lego #FossilFriday is #Smilodon In the 1830s, Peter Wilhelm Lund and his ...

This weeks #Lego #FossilFriday is #Smilodon
In the 1830s, Peter Wilhelm Lund and his assistants collected fossils in caves near Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
In 1839, he recognized some as hyena fossils and named them Hyaena neogaea.
In 1842, he revised this classification, while transitional to hyenas, they were distinct. He called this new species Smilodon.
In 1846 the first distinct large canine teeth were found, and an almost complete skeleton had be compiled from different individuals.