Figure 29 in Osteology and ecology of Megantereon cultridens SE311 (Mammalia; Felidae; Machairodontinae), a sabrecat from the Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene of Senéze, France

Figure 29. Cast of skull and lower jaw of Megantereon cultridens SE311 showing the lower jaw in normal posture at full occlusion (A), at the gape angle (~61°) at which the upper and lower canines clear each other (B), and at maximum inferred gape (~105°). A gape angle of 61° is broadly comparable with maximum gape in extant carnivores (Emerson & Radinsky, 1980; Akersten, 1985; Christiansen & Adolfssen, 2005). At maximal gape angle, the clearance between the upper and lower canines would be around 10 cm, comparable with the values in extant big cats (Christiansen & Adolfssen, 2005).