The Extreme Bite Force of Giant Extinct Frogs

[Oxytropidoceras]

The prehistoric 'Pac Man' frog that ate small

dinosaurs and has a bite as strong as a Tiger

By Cecil Borkhataria, MailOnline, Sept. 23, 2017

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4908158/prehistoric-Pac-Man-frog-ate-small-dinosaurs.html

 

The paper is:

 

Lappin, A. Kristopher , Sean C. Wilcox, David J. Moriarty,

Stephanie A. R. Stoeppler, Susan E. Evans & Marc E. H.

Jones, 2017, Bite force in the horned frog (Ceratophrys

cranwelli) with implications for extinct giant frogs

Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 11963 (2017)

doi:10.1038/s41598-017-11968-6

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-11968-6

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

[old bones]

Thanks for this, Paul.