On the cutting edge: Tooth blade sharpness in herbivorous and faunivorous mammals

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 73-88

  Popowics, Tracy E ^a   Fortelius, Mikael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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