It lacks other structures in the skull associated with carnivores (such as the modified shearing carnassial molars) so it's more likely that the the canines served a function akin to the tusks of musk deer, in intra specific combat and breeding. Or some obscure as yet unthought purpose
Today's animal is! Balbaroo fangaroo! Roufhly the size of a wallaby, It's an extinct quadrupedal kangaroo known only from some scatter skull fossils. It's most striking feature is it's elongated canines, which, unless some very impressive lips were present, would have been visible even when the mouth was closed.
http://alphynix.tumblr.com/post/162832629507/an-early-relative-of-kangaroos-balbaroo-fangaroo
Today's animal is! Hespiornis. an early, and wholly flightless, bird highly adapted to a diving, similar to a loon. It had teeth towards the back of its mouth like many early birds. If, like loons, the ankle of the bird is embedded in the body wall than the animal could not have walked, and would have locomoted on land like a Phocid seal.
Artist is the wonderful john conway. http://johnconway.co/hesperornis-regalis
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