Primates and engineering principles: Applications to craniodental mechanisms in ancient terrestrial predators

Senckenbergiana Lethaea

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 223-240

  Jenkins, Ian ^a,b   Thomason, Jeff J ^c   Norman, Dave B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carnivory; Finite element analysis; Gorgonopsids; Jaw mechanics; Primates

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PERMIAN; PREDATOR; PRIMATE;

CARNIVORY; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EVOLUTION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LAND BIOME; PERMIAN; PREDATOR; SKULL; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SYNAPSIDA;

SYNAPSIDA;

EID: 0036055270     PISSN: 00372110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03043786     Document Type: Article

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