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Results show that tapirs vary in bite force and sagittal crest height across their #phylogeny and different biogeographical realms, with #biteforce peaking in the #Pleistocene and genuinely high-crested morphologies restricted to the #Neotropics

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Bite forces of tapirs were calculated with the “dry-skull” method to include a range of tapir species across a large temporal and phylogenetic scope, sampling the full range of body sizes from little Protapirus up to the giant 'Megatapirus'!

New paper alert on #TapirTuesday! Using a large sample of #tapir skulls, @Lisa_VanLinden & @palaeotheoryum show that sagittal crest size is decoupled from bite performance in Pleistocene (#IceAge) tapirs, contrary to the pattern generally found in mammalian carnivores (1/n)

PHD POSITION! @UAFunMorph lab is offering a fully-funded #phd position: "Experimental and modelling approaches to study the three-dimensional #dynamics of the beak of #songbirds", with Dr. Sam Van Wassenbergh 🐦 Deadline is 31/12/2019. Full details at: https://t.co/ZbptY5OxWD