Lecture 13, Vert Life

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1. Hyenas

  • dome skull, large bite force, bone crushing pre-molars, robust zygomatic arch
  • long upper canines, short coracoid,
  • shortening of skill, large coracoid, lose grinding,
  • large madible, 3 cusps lower carnassials
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2. carnassials

  • seen in all carnivores
  • medially compressed teeth adapted for meat eating
  • specialised canines

3. cat like creodonta

  • oxyanidae
  • hyaenodontidae

4. creodonta

  • cenozoic dominant canivore
  • jurassic dominant carnivore
  • cretaceous dominant carnivore

5. sabre toothed

  • long upper canines, short coracoid,
  • shortening of skill, large coracoid, lose grinding,
  • dome skull, large bite force, bone crushing pre-molars, robust zygomatic arch
  • large madible, 3 cusps lower carnassials
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