New study finds mammals during age of dinosaurs packed a powerful bite
Thursday, December 8, 2016 - 06:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Move over, hyenas and saber-toothed cats; there's a mammal with an even stronger bite. A new study by Burke Museum and University of Washington paleontologists describes an early marsupial relative called Didelphodon vorax that lived alongside ferocious dinosaurs and had, pound-for-pound, the strongest bite force of any mammal ever recorded.