Cranial function in a late Miocene Dinocrocuta gigantea (Mammalia: Carnivora) revealed by comparative finite element analysis

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-67

  Tseng, Zhijie Jack ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone cracking; Canidae; Cenozoic; China; Functional morphology; Hyaenidae

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; CENOZOIC; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIUM; ECOMORPHOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MAMMAL; MIOCENE; SKULL;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CARNIVORA; CRANIA; CROCUTA CROCUTA; HYAENIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 58149098440     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01095.x     Document Type: Article

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