Biomechanical investigations on the skulls of reptiles and mammals

Senckenbergiana Lethaea

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 207-222

  Preuschoft, Holger ^a   Witzel, Ulrich ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biostatistics; Bite force; Joint force; Load bearing structure; Mammalian skull; Occipital condyle; Reptilian skull; Three dimensional FEM analysis

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MAMMAL; REPTILE; SKULL;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMALIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); HOMO; LACERTILIA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; REPTILIA; SORICIDAE; SPHENODON; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036058187     PISSN: 00372110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03043785     Document Type: Article

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