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Display all details of La Venta Primates 293 4
Display all details of Yunnanozoans NIGP 176268 and NIGP 176264 Tian, Qingyi 4 2
Display all details of Eocene fruits and seeds, Oil Mountain, Wyoming 45 38
Display all details of Feeding capability in the extinct giant Siamogale melilutra (Lutrinae, Mustelidae, Carnivora, Mammalia) At 50 kg in estimated weight, the extinct lutrine Siamogale melilutra is larger than all living otters, and ranks among the largest fossil otters. The biomechanical capability of S. melilutra jaws as related to their large size is unknown but crucial to reconstructing the species’ potentially unique ecological niche. Here we compare the mandibular biomechanics of S. melilutra using engineering-based performance measures against ten extant otter biomechanical models. Despite a wide range of feeding preferences from durophagy to piscivory, living otter species exhibit a significant linear relationship between mandibular stiffness and volume, as expected in isometry. In contrast, S. melilutra models exhibit a six-fold increase in stiffness from expected isometric relationships calculated from living species. Unlike stiffness, mechanical efficiency of biting is conserved among living otters and in S. melilutra. These findings indicate that although similar to living bunodont otters in morphology and biting efficiency, jaw strength in S. melilutra far surpasses living molluscivores such as sea otters and Cape clawless otters, even after accounting for size. Therefore, Siamogale represents a feeding ecomorphology with no living analog, and its giant size and high mandibular strength confer shell-crushing capability matched only by other extinct molluscivores such as the marine bear Kolponomos. 28 10
Display all details of Yangochiroptera diceCT collection 30 30
Display all details of Plethodon cinereus Public data for Plethodon cinereus lung rudiment work - Lewis Kerney and Hanken 2022 0 0
Display all details of Beyond the beak: brain size and allometry in avian craniofacial evolution Nebreda, Sergio M. 32 23
Display all details of Australotitan cooperensis? (EMF100) EMF100, Australotitan cooperensis? partial ulna used in Hocknull et al 2021 Pegler, Jo 2 1
Display all details of Australotitan cooperensis (EMF164, referred) Isolated pieces of femur Lawrence, Rochelle 1 1
Display all details of Australotitan cooperensis? (EMF165) EMF165, referred distal humerus to Australotitan cooperensis. Lawrence, Rochelle 1 1
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