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Dinocrocuta gigantea v Hyaenodon gigas
Topic Started: Jun 17 2014, 12:41 AM (567 Views)
Hatzegopteryx
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Jun 17 2014, 12:35 AM
Dinocrocuta gigantea v Hyaenodon gigas
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The dinocrocuta's bite likely has more crushing power, but I think the Hyaenodon's would be more actually damaging overall. If I remember correctly, there is not much of a size difference between these two.
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Jun 18 2014, 07:14 AM
If I remember correctly, there is not much of a size difference between these two.
Yep, the size disparity isn't that considerable, depending on the sizes we take.
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According to blaze on Carnivora, both might be around the same size, so this should probably be a more or less even fight. I'll see if I can do something on their bite forces later.

Edit: according to the 'New Bite Force Study' on Carnivora, a 63.1 kilogram spotted hyena had a bite force of ~565.7N at the canine tips, and scaling that to ~200 kilograms (the probable real size of Dinocrocuta gigantea according to blaze) gives a bite force of ~1221N (rounded) for the percrocutid at the canine tips. Now, they're not in the same family, but it should give you a rough idea, given how hyena-like the Percrocutidae were. I read that Stephen Wroe calculated a ~60 kilogram Hyaenodon horridus to have a bite force of ~2650N at the canines. Scaling that to ~200 kilograms gives you ~5913N (rounded). Going from what I've posted, I think Hyaenodon might win, as both rely on bite force to make their bites potent, and from what I said above, the creodont (clearly) has more of it.
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Ausar
Jun 19 2014, 12:21 AM
scaling that to ~200 kilograms (the probable real size of Dinocrocuta gigantea according to blaze) gives a bite force of ~1221N
What formula did you use? I got a different result.

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Jun 19 2014, 12:58 AM
Ausar
Jun 19 2014, 12:21 AM
scaling that to ~200 kilograms (the probable real size of Dinocrocuta gigantea according to blaze) gives a bite force of ~1221N
What formula did you use? I got a different result.

Welcome to the forum btw. :)
((cube root of (200/63.1))2)* hyena bite force

600/63.1=3.169572107765452. Cube root of that is 1.468926995170878. That squared is 2.157746517141745*565.7=1,220.637204747085 Newtons. That's how I got it.

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Ah, that's correct. I just calculated it again myself and got your result, I guess I just had a minor mistake in my calculation.

And no problem!
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