Table 1. Body-mass-adjusted canine bite-force results and mean brick VM stresses for selected regions in a jaw-adductor-driven bite at maximum gape.

	Body mass estimate (kg)	Jaw muscle recruitmentforce (N)	Canine bite force (N)- 2/3rd power rule	Mean VM stress (MPa)
				Tooth root	Canine-crowns	Rest of the Cranium
S. fatalis	259	3785*	519	0.552	2.593	1.074
T. atrox	82	24010*	241	0.486	2.311	1.577
P. pardus	68	1658*	212	0.397	1.848	0.584

^*Muscle forces were back-calculated from FE models that gave the body-mass-scaled bite-force output at canines assuming a 2/3 power relationship. The choice of reference taxon is immaterial in this context and S. fatalis was arbitrarily chosen here. kg = kilograms; N = Newtons.