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Bite club: comparative bite force in big biting mammals and the prediction of predatory behaviour in fossil taxa
PaperThis study compiled and compared estimated bite forces across many large carnivorous mammals, both living and extinct, to test how bite mechanics relate to predatory behaviour and to predict the habit…
Stephen Wroe, Colin McHenry, Jeffrey Thomason · Proceedings of the Royal Society B · 2005
Research overview: dental microwear texture analysis of fossil cats
OverviewThis overview surveys dental microwear texture analysis, a method that examines microscopic wear features on tooth surfaces to infer what an animal ate shortly before death. In fossil cats, the techni…
Research overview: methods for estimating body mass in fossil felids
OverviewThis overview reviews the quantitative methods palaeontologists use to estimate the body mass of extinct cats such as Smilodon, Homotherium, and Panthera atrox. Because soft tissue is not preserved, r…
Research overview: stable isotope methods for reconstructing fossil felid diet
OverviewThis overview surveys the stable isotope techniques used to reconstruct the diets of extinct cats. Carbon isotopes in bone and tooth collagen and enamel record whether prey fed on plants using differe…
The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives
ReviewThis influential book provides a comprehensive illustrated survey of the cat family and its extinct members, combining scientific synthesis with detailed reconstructions of fossil felids and their sab…
Alan Turner, Mauricio Anton · Columbia University Press · 1997