Communications Biology (Mar 2023)

Seeing through the eyes of the sabertooth Thylacosmilus atrox (Metatheria, Sparassodonta)

  • Charlène Gaillard,
  • Ross D. E. MacPhee,
  • Analía M. Forasiepi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04624-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The unique orientation of the orbits in the extinct hypercarnivorous sabertooth Thylacosmilus atrox shows that it was able to achieve binocular depth perception even though its cranium evolved for the growth and accommodation of its enlarged canines