How the Hypercarnivore “Marsupial Sabertooth” Achieved 3D Predator Vision

How the “Marsupial Sabertooth” Thylacosmilus Saw Its World

Study describes how extinct hypercarnivore likely achieved 3D vision despite wide-set eyes more characteristic of an herbivore than a predator.

A new study investigates how an extinct, carnivorous marsupial relative with canines so large they extended across the top of its skull could hunt effectively despite having wide-set eyes, like a cow or a horse. The skulls of carnivores typically have forward-facing eye sockets, or orbits, which helps enable stereoscopic (3D)…