Machairodus giganteus, saber-toothed cat Dilophosaurus The hands of Conchoraptor were

The hands of Conchoraptor were a major reason that scientists decided to split it off from Oviraptor

Brain size and complexity can then be determined

Mammuthus primigenius was the true Woolly Mammoth

where examples were first found in 1929 by Ridgely Whiteman

Allosaurus leg with armature

Machairodus giganteus, saber-toothed cat Dilophosaurus The hands of Conchoraptor wereMachairodus is a genus of large machairodontine saber toothed cats that lived in Africa, China, Eurasia and North America during the late Miocene 4. 5 to 5 million years ago. It is the animal from which the subfamily Machairodontinae gets its name and has since become a wastebasket taxon over the years as many genera of saber tooth cat have been and are still occasionally lumped into it. In general Machairodus was similar in size to a modern lion or