Carved teeth and strange jaws: How glyptodonts masticated

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 219-234

  Farina R A ^a   Vizcaino S F ^b,c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Jaw mechanics; Palaeobiology; South America; Xenarthra

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; SKULL; TOOTH;

EID: 0034979840     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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