Saber-toothed cat fossils discovered in Venezuela

Posted on August 21st, 2008 by ElectroGeek

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — An ancient tar pit exposed when Venezuelan oil workers laid a pipeline has yielded a rich trove of fossils, including a type of saber-toothed cat that paleontologists had never found before in South America. Scientists say the find holds the promise of many discoveries to come….