Fossil discovery shows connection between Texas and Florida dating back thousands of years

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Fossil discovery shows connection between Texas and Florida dating back thousands of years
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AUSTIN, Texas — For nearly two million years, a large cat with sharp front teeth lived in modern day North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. , this creature inhabited Texas approximately 20,000 years ago, comparable in size to a jaguar. a hidden tooth inside a fossilBy analyzing the six centimeter-wide fangs, the team learned the Homotherium once traveled on land between present-day Texas and Florida, which is now covered primarily by the Gulf of Mexico.

The animal who left behind the fossil was reportedly not full grown when it died, allowing its teeth to be preserved before it was discovered on a beach's shores.

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