Saber-toothed cat fossils discovered in Venezuela

Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 15:49 in Paleontology & Archaeology

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- An ancient tar pit exposed when Venezuelan oil workers laid a pipeline has yielded a rich trove of fossils, including a type of saber-toothed cat that paleontologists had never found before in South America. Scientists say the find holds the promise of many discoveries to come....

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