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An unidentified fossil collected more than three decades ago was actually a mysterious species of saber-toothed carnivore that once stalked prey through the ancient rainforests of Southern California.
Diegoaelurus vanvalkenburghae is one of the earliest examples of a mammal adopting a cat-like approach to an all-meat diet, according to San Diego Natural History Museum researchers.
The fossil, housed in The Nat’s paleontology collection, offers a window into what the Earth was like during the Eocene Period, more than 40 million years