Mandibular biomechanics of Crocuta crocuta, Canis lupus, and the late Miocene Dinocrocuta gigantea (Carnivora, Mammalia)

• Published in: Zoological journal of the Linnean Society Vol. 158; no. 3; pp. 683 - 696
• Main Authors: TSENG, ZHIJIE JACK, BINDER, WENDY J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2010
• Subjects: Biomechanics; bite strength; bone cracking; Canis lupus; finite element modelling

The relative simplicity of the mandible and its functional integration with the upper dentition in carnivorans makes it an ideal subject for functional morphological studies. To compare the mandibular biomechanics of two convergently evolved bone‐cracking ecomorphologies, we used finite element mode...