The Hoofed Predators

[Kingtheropod]

I find the skull of Entelodonts and Andrewsarchus to be very different. The skull of Andrewsarchus does not have the protruding boney cheeks like you see in the Entelodont skull. I believe it was a closely related but distinct group. Due to this, I think that there is no reason to believe Andrewsarchus shared the same proportions of Entelodonts.

Also, the teeth on Andrewsarchus look more carnivorous then that in Entelodonts. The back molar teeth in Daeodon are flat, made to chew plant material, but the teeth on Andrewsarchus are tapered and more pointed, designed to crush bone like hyena molar teeth. This indicates that if they are in fact relatives, it seems that these branch of ungulates started out as carnivores, eventually evolving to become more and more omnivorous.

https://lgsquirrel.files.wordpress.com/2...uscast.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c..._skull.jpg Reply