Comparative Biomechanical Modeling of Metatherian and Placental Saber-Tooths: A Different Kind of Bite for an Extreme Pouched Predator

• Stephen Wroe ,

  * E-mail: s.wroe@unsw.edu.au

  Affiliations School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia, School of Engineering, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia

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• Uphar Chamoli,

  Affiliations School of Engineering, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia, St. George Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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• William C. H. Parr,

  Affiliation School of Engineering, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia

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• Philip Clausen,

  Affiliation School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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• Ryan Ridgely,

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, United States of America

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• Lawrence Witmer

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, United States of America

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