Cranial functional morphology of fossil dogs and adaptation for durophagy in Borophagus and Epicyon (Carnivora, Mammalia)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 271, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1386-1398

  Tseng, Zhijie Jack ^a,b   Wang, Xiaoming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Bite force; Bone cracking; Borophaginae; Canidae; Finite element analysis; Functional morphology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CARNIVORA; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; EVOLUTION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATION; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICS; BITE FORCE; CARNIVORA; DOGS; ELASTIC MODULUS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOSSILS; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TEMPORAL MUSCLE;

EID: 79751477591     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10881     Document Type: Article

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