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Description: Craniodental details of Thylacosmilus atrox. (A) Upper canines. (B) Jaw symphysis (medial view). (C) Jaw symphysis (lateral view) showing lower incisor, plus detail of incisor. (D) Lower canines. (E) Infraorbital foramen. (F) Occlusal and lateral views of mandibular cheek teeth. (G) Mastoid process. (H) Basisphenoid bosses. (I) Maxillary bones, showing pitting and grooving. (J) Comparison of the occiput of T. atrox (left) and Megantereon cultridens (right, AMNH 113842). See text for more details. Photographs (A,B and D-J) of FMNH PP14531 (T. atrox holotype), P14344 (T. atrox paratype), and AMNH 113842 (M. cultridens) by Christine Janis, used here with permission, courtesy of the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA, and the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA; C courtesy of A. Forasiepi (specimen PMM-144334). Scale bar = 3 cm.
Title: Craniodental details of Thylacosmilus
Credit: https://peerj.com/articles/9346/
Author: Photos by Christine Janis and A. Forasiepi, published by Christine M. Janis, Borja Figueirido, Larisa DeSantis, Stephan Lautenschlager
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