This is the oldest skull of a Barbary lion found in the UK. The lion was part of the royal zoo in the Tower of London 700 years ago. Workmen digging in the old moat around the Tower of London in 1937 ...
The name is also a nod to the short, cat-like snout and teeth of this fearsome, leopard-sized carnivore (“-odon” means “tooth”). Its skull was ... a group of lion-sized hyaenodonts that ...
In life, the Bastetodon was leopard-sized with a short, cat-like snout, hyena-like teeth and a dog-like body. The discovery of the most complete skull ever ... on a separate lion-sized Hyaenodont ...
The name is also a nod to the short, cat-like snout and teeth of this fearsome, leopard-sized carnivore (-odon means tooth). Its skull was unearthed ... a group of lion-sized hyaenodonts that ...
The study compared male sea lion teeth from two distinct periods: the commercial harvest era, when populations were at their highest, and the postharvest period, when numbers had drastically declined.
Grizzly bears have stronger bite forces than lions due to their massive jaw muscles broad skull structure and the ... Unlike lions who rely on sharp teeth for gripping prey grizzlies need crushing ...