μCT reconstructions of fossil and living inner ears test whether semicircular-canal shape predicts hunting style.
Represented range0–0 Ma
RegionsThirty-six-specimen carnivoran μCT dataset
CladesCanidae · Hesperocyon
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event-mechanism · medium
A 36-specimen μCT and morphometric dataset includes a Hesperocyon gregarius bony labyrinth and assigns it to a pounce category, but the assignment is a comparative proxy with 82.05% overall classification accuracy rather than observed behaviour.