Researchers at Iowa State University say a fossilized skull found recently in southwest Iowa offers evidence that prehistoric sabertooth cats may have roamed the area. ISU associate professor of ...

Radiocarbon dating indicates the male sabertooth cat died at the end of the Ice Age between 13,605 and 13,460 years ago before getting buried in the East Nishnabotna River in southwest Iowa.

Tiger teeth. (ISU photo) characteristics of having been broken around the time of death.” Hill says it’s possible the animal was seriously hurt while attacking prey, which ultimately proved fatal.