measurement of the power exerted by the masseter muscle in a crocodile, (a muscle passing from the cheekbone to the lower jaw.) Ten live crocodiles of the species C. galeatus or siamensis ...

Jaw muscles go through these temporal openings and attach to ... Diapsid condition is very clear in alligators and crocodiles, and characterizes dinosaurs. In most lizards, bar closing the lower fossa ...

The lower jaw acts like a lever with muscles forcing the jaws closed with the prey inside. Temnodontosaurus could bite with twice as much force as a saltwater crocodile.