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English: From source: Skull and mandible of the smilodontin Megantereonshown in three stages of a Canine Shear-Bite applied to the neck of anequid (A, B and C), the latter shown in a transversal section at the level of the second cervical vertebra. As the illustration shows, vitalstructures such as larger blood vessels and the trachea of prey are in a vulnerable position in the anterior neck, making it an ideal tar-get for the killing bite (Artwork by M. Antón) |
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| Source | Changing ideas about the evolution and functional morphology of Machairodontine felids Geological Studies Vol. 67 No. 2 (2011) https://estudiosgeol.revistas.csic.es/index.php/estudiosgeol/article/view/843 |
| Author | Spanish National Research Council (owner of the copyright of the paper), Mauricio Anton (artist) |
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