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

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 683-696

  Tseng, Zhijie Jack ^a,b   Binder, Wendy J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bite strength; Bone cracking; Finite element modelling.

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CARNIVORA; CROCUTA; CROCUTA CROCUTA; MAMMALIA; PERCROCUTIDAE;

EID: 77950540048     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00555.x     Document Type: Article

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