Analysis of dental insertion angles in the sand tiger shark, Carcharias taurus (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes)

Cybium

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 23-31

  Lucifora, Luis O ^a,b   Menni, Roberto C ^c   Escalante, Alicia H ^b  

^a Departamento de Biología ^*  (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Carcharias taurus; Elasmobranchii; Feeding; Mechanics; Morphology; Teeth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035978160     PISSN: 03990974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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