FIGURE 7 in Unravelling the origin of the brown hyena (Parahyena brunnea) and its evolutionary and paleoecological implications for the Pachycrocuta lineage

FIGURE 7. In A is shown a lateral view of an articulated skull and jaw of a H. hyaena specimen (EBD 33079M, Doñana Biological Station, Seville) and its corresponding schematic drawing in B, showing different functional regions of the dentition during the mandibular occlusion process. The main regions involved in cutting meat are the trigonid (Trig) of m1 in the lower dentition and the metastyle (Me) and the distal part of Paracone (P) of the upper fourth premolar (P4). The main elements involved in bone breaking are the two lower premolars (p4 and p3) that occlude with the upper third premolar (P3) and the mesial part of the paracone and the parastyle of the upper P4.