Finite element analysis of ursid cranial mechanics and the prediction of feeding behaviour in the extinct giant Agriotherium africanum

The largest known bear, Arctotherium angustidens, from the early Pleistocene Pampean region of Argentina: with a discussion of size and diet trends in bears

(2011) Leopoldo H. Soibelzon et al.   JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY

Allometry in the distribution of material properties and geometry of the felid skull: Why larger species may need to change and how they may achieve it

(2011) Uphar Chamoli et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Shape at the cross-roads: homoplasy and history in the evolution of the carnivoran skull towards herbivory

(2010) B. FIGUEIRIDO et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Mechanical Analysis of Feeding Behavior in the Extinct “Terror Bird” Andalgalornis steulleti (Gruiformes: Phorusrhacidae)

(2010) Federico J. Degrange et al.   PLoS One

Biomechanical Consequences of Rapid Evolution in the Polar Bear Lineage

(2010) Graham J. Slater et al.   PLoS One

Complete mitochondrial genome of a Pleistocene jawbone unveils the origin of polar bear

(2010) C. Lindqvist et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biting through constraints: cranial morphology, disparity and convergence across living and fossil carnivorous mammals

(2010) A. Goswami et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The craniomandibular mechanics of being human

(2010) S. Wroe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Mitochondrial genomes reveal an explosive radiation of extinct and extant bears near the Miocene-Pliocene boundary

(2009) Johannes Krause et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Allometry and performance: the evolution of skull form and function in felids

(2009) G. J. SLATER et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Cranial performance in the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) as revealed by high-resolution 3-D finite element analysis

(2008) Karen Moreno et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Feeding ecology and morphology of the upper canines in bears (carnivora: Ursidae)

(2008) Per Christiansen   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Requirements for comparing the performance of finite element models of biological structures

(2008) E.R. Dumont et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Three-dimensional computer analysis of white shark jaw mechanics: how hard can a great white bite?

(2008) S. Wroe et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Ecomorphological correlates of craniodental variation in bears and paleobiological implications for extinct taxa: an approach based on geometric morphometrics

(2008) B. Figueirido et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Effects of Gape and Tooth Position on Bite Force and Skull Stress in the Dingo (Canis lupus dingo) Using a 3-Dimensional Finite Element Approach

(2008) Jason Bourke et al.   PLoS One

How to build a mammalian super-predator

(2008) Stephen Wroe et al.   ZOOLOGY

Cranial mechanics compared in extinct marsupial and extant African lions using a finite-element approach

(2007) S. Wroe   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY