A supernumerary tooth in a 1.7 million-year-old Australopithecus robustus from Swartkrans, South Africa

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 317-321

  Ripamonti, Ugo ^a,d   Petit, Jean Claude ^b   Thackeray, J Francis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Australopithecinae; Dentition; Paleoteratology; Supernumerary tooth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; HOMINID; HUMAN; INCISOR; MAXILLA; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SOUTH AFRICA; TOOTH MALFORMATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; INCISOR; MAXILLA; PALEODONTOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOOTH, SUPERNUMERARY;

EID: 0033209653     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0909-8836.1999.eos107501.x     Document Type: Article

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