Nesihonsu's avatar
It had to be powerful bite :)
Zimices's avatar
Surely, I remember an article about the bite of sparassodnts and they used the rear portion of mandible that I show here... since that is not complete, the authors don't estimate its force, but they conclude that it was well adapted to crushing bones, in contrast with Borhyaena and Cladosictis. If the marsupial lion could outcompete in bite force to a spotted hyaena, just imagine a Proborhyaena :D
Nesihonsu's avatar
Tkanks, this fact about marsupial lion I didn't knew.