Comparative Biomechanical Modeling of Metatherian and Placental Saber-Tooths: A Different Kind of Bite for an Extreme Pouched Predator

Questions surrounding the dramatic morphology of saber-tooths, and the presumably deadly purpose to which it was put, have long excited scholarly and popular attention. Among saber-toothed species, the iconic North American placental, Smilodon fatalis, and the bizarre South American sparassodont, Th...

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Autores principales: Wroe, Stephen, Chamoli, Uphar, Parr, William C. H., Clausen, Philip, Ridgely, Ryan, Witmer, Lawrence
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3694156/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23840547
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066888

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3694156/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23840547
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066888

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