A complete skull anchors muscle-driven and externally loaded mandible models for testing feeding mechanics in a late Miocene beardog.
Represented range0–0 Ma
RegionsBatallones-1 specimen and comparative digital models
CladesAmphicyonidae · Magericyon
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event-mechanism · medium
Finite-element models based on Magericyon holotype B-4071 and comparative carnivoran mandibles quantify simulated bites and external-load scenarios; their stress and force results bound functional hypotheses but do not directly observe prey handling.