suggesting that they lived in hierarchical packs

this animal was also distinguished by its large skull in relation to its body and its general appearance similar to that of a small reptile with characteristics reminiscent of current armadillos or anteaters

It is the best known species within the genus Cryodrakon

which is estimated to be around 4 meters high at the withers and up to 5 meters in length

and it is thought that it may have evolved in this way to compete with each other

Smilodon populator Scale:1:20 suggesting that they lived inSmilodon (S. populator "sabertooth"), also known as the South American sabertooth tiger; It was an extinct carnivorous species of felid that inhabited South America and belonging to the Machairodontinae subfamily that lived during the Upper Pleistocene, until its extinction about 10,000 years ago. Smilodonn populator is the largest species of its genus, measuring up to 1. 2 meters in height and 2. 3 meters in length, and can weigh up to 400 kilos.