Awards

• Commended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Science) 2014
• Winner of Gold Medal, Science category, 2014 Independent Publisher Book Awards.

Overview

With their spectacularly enlarged canines, sabertooth cats are among the most popular of prehistoric animals, yet it is surprising how little information about them is available for the curious layperson. In this visual and intellectual treat of a book, Mauricio Antón tells their story in words and pictures, all scrupulously based on the latest scientific research. The book is a glorious wedding of science and art that celebrates the remarkable diversity of the life of the not-so-distant past.

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<p> The best paleomammal artist working today [and] his knowledge of sabertooths and their evolution is second to none. --Lars Werdelin, Swedish Museum of Natural History--Lars Werdelin, Swedish Museum of Natural History

Mauricio Anton is one of the best paleoartists. What sets him apart is the fact that he is a great carnivore paleontologist in his own right. Probably no one else has thought more about sabertooth than he has. As a result, his illustrations often demonstrate a particular behavior of the extinct mammal that he has personally researched or display a unique point of view. - Xiaoming Wang, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles The best paleomammal artist working today [and] his knowledge of sabertooths and their evolution is second to none. - Lars Werdelin, Swedish Museum of Natural History

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Mauricio Antón has painted paleo murals for the Sabadell Museum in Spain, the Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid, the Florida Museum of Natural History, and the American Museum of Natural History. He has coauthored and illustrated numerous books, including Dogs: Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History; The National Geographic Book of Prehistoric Mammals; Evolving Eden; Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids; and The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives.

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