A new study by 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 ...

Seattle - 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 ...

Object Details Collector O. A. Peterson Geologic Age Mesozoic - Cretaceous - Late - Maastrichtian Record Last Modified 17 Oct 2024 Skeletal Morphology Skull element, partial left maxilla Stratigraphy ...

Fossils from a dinosaur-era mammal unearthed in Montana and North Dakota have helped scientists establish that the animal had, pound-for-pound, the strongest bite force of any mammal ever recorded.

Marsupial mammal relatives (stem metatherians) from the Mesozoic Era (252–66 million years ago) are mostly known from isolated teeth and fragmentary jaws. Here we report on the first near-complete ...

An ancient mammal the size of a badger may have used its bone-crushing canines and powerful bite to take down little dinosaurs, researchers have found. In fact, the little guy could chomp down with ...

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