Image: Megantereon and Thylacosmilus skulls compared

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Description: Comparison of sabre-tooth skull morphologies. (A) Skull of the felid saber–tooth Megantereon cultridens. (B) Skull of the “marsupial saber–tooth” Thylacosmilus atrox. Comparisons of saber–toothed skulls are usually portrayed in lateral view: this three-quarter view better illustrates the differences between these two animals (the splaying of the mandibles in T. atrox is exaggerated for effect). See text for more details.
Title: Megantereon and Thylacosmilus skulls compared
Credit: https://peerj.com/articles/9346/
Author: Drawing by Michael Long, published by Christine M. Janis, Borja Figueirido, Larisa DeSantis, Stephan Lautenschlager
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