Convergence and Divergence in the Evolution of Cat Skulls: Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Morphological Diversity. PLoS ONE, 2012; 7 (7): e39752 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039752; ...

Through using a technique called geometric morphometrics to compare the cat’s skull shape to that of other felids, however, Geraads found that Acinonyx pardinensis was not simply a big version ...

The S. fatalis skull was found at the La Brea Tar Pits and is about 12 to 15 thousand years old, Van Valkenburgh said. The H. serum cat skull was found in a cave in Texas and is about 20,000 years ...

In total, 431 skulls were digitized, representing 152 dog breeds, 9 cat breeds and 12 of their wild relatives, including wolves, jackals, coyotes, a leopard and a serval.

Fossil skull and lower jaws of a sabre-toothed cat, Smilodon fatalis, from the La Brea tar pits of California, USA. Image by Simon Powell, School of Earth Sciences ...