This zip file contains finite element (FE) models of the extant hyaenid Parahyaena brunnea.

Specimen: University of California, Berkeley, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology MVZ 117842

Number of models: 2 (left and right)

Format: Strand7 version 2.3.7 (free viewer can be downloaded from http://www.strand7.com/html/viewer.htm)

Citation: Tseng ZJ and Flynn JF. 2015. Are cranial biomechanical simulation data linked to known diets in extant taxa? A method for applying diet-biomechanics linkage models to infer feeding capability of
extinct species
. PLOS ONE.

Model modified from: Tseng ZJ (2013) Testing Adaptive Hypotheses of Convergence with Functional Landscapes: A Case Study of Bone-Cracking Hypercarnivores. PLoS ONE 8(5): e65305. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065305

CT data created by Blaire Van Valkenburgh and UT Austin Digimorph, more info at: http://digimorph.org/specimens/Parahyaena_brunnea/

Prepared by Z. Jack Tseng on 7 January 2015.