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Scaling of the limb long bones to body mass in terrestrial mammals
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Differences in limb posture and locomotor performance have profound influence on the amount of stress set up in the appendicular bones during rigorous physical activity and make it unlikely that scaling of long bones across a large size range of terrestrial mammals can be satisfactorily explained by any one power function.
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Bite forces and evolutionary adaptations to feeding ecology in carnivores.
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It is shown that, when normalized for body size, bite forces differ significantly between the various feeding categories, and the incorporation of bite force data may assist in the construction of more robust evolutionary and palaeontological analyses of feeding ecology.
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Body size in proboscideans, with notes on elephant metabolism
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Both the basal and the field metabolic rates of extant elephants are lower than predicted for a hypothetical mammal, in accordance with their body size and subsistence on low-quality foods.
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Evolutionary implications of bite mechanics and feeding ecology in bears
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The giant panda is the only specialized ursid with respect to craniodental morphology and BFs, but is still unspecialized for herbivory compared with other large, herbivorous mammals, probably owing to a rather short evolutionary history.
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Mass Prediction in Theropod Dinosaurs
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Bi- and multivariate equations based on log transformed appendicular skeleton data from a sample of 16 theropods which were known from reasonably complete skeletal remains, and spanning a wide size range are offered.
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Scaling of mammalian long bones: small and large mammals compared
Long bones from a taxonomically diverse assemblage of extant terrestrial mammals, spanning more than three orders of magnitude in body mass, have been measured in order to evaluate earlier models…
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Evolution of Skull and Mandible Shape in Cats (Carnivora: Felidae)
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It is shown that the shape of the skull and mandible in derived sabrecats occupy entirely different positions within overall morphospace from feline cats, and that the evolution of skull andMandible shape has followed very different paths in the two subgroups.
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A revised taxonomy of the Felidae : The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN Cat Specialist Group
1. The current classification of the Felidae was reviewed by a panel of 22 experts divided into core, expert and review groups, which make up the Cat Classification Task Force CCTF of the IUCN Cat ...
A NEW SPECIES OF GIGANTIC MOSASAUR FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF ISRAEL
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The present specimen extends the size range of known globidensine mosasaurines by around a factor two, and is one of the largest skulls ever discovered.
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Bite forces, canine strength and skull allometry in carnivores (Mammalia, Carnivora)
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Previous hypotheses of large taxon differences in canine bending strengths, so that felids have stronger canines than canids, are corroborated when actual bite forces at the upper canine are ignored, and ursids seem to have strongerCanines than felids.
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