An investigation into the occurrence of plicidentine in the teeth of squamate reptiles

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2006, Pages 337-350

  Kearney, Maureen ^a   Rieppel, Olivier ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL HEALTH; ENAMEL; FOSSIL; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; SNAKE;

MOSASAUROIDEA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VARANOIDEA; VARANUS;

EID: 33749525345     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2006)2006[337:AIITOO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. BELL, G. L. 1997. A phylogenetic revision of North American and Adriatic mosasaurs, p. 293-332. In: Ancient Marine Reptiles. J. M. Callaway and E. L. Nicholls (eds.). Academic Press, San Diego, California.
2. BULLET, P. 1942. Beitrāge zur Kenntnis des Gebisses von Varanus salvator Laur. Viertejahresschs. Natf. Ges. Zürich 87:139-192.
3. CALDWELL, M. W., L. A. BUDNEY, AND D. O. LAMOUREUX. 2003. Histology of tooth attachment tissues in the Late Cretaceous mosasaurid Platecarpus. J. Vert. Paleontol. 23:622-630.
4. COOPER, J. S. 1963. The dental anatomy of the genus Lacerta. Unpubl. Ph.D. diss., University of Bristol, Bristol, England.
5. EDMUND, A. G. 1969. Dentition, p. 117-200. In: Biology of the Reptilia, Vol. 1. C. Gans, A. d'A. Bellairs, and T. S. Parsons (eds.). Academic Press, London.
6. ESTES, R., K. DE QUEIROZ, AND J. GAUTHIER. 1988. Phylogenetic relationships within Squamata, p. 119-281. In: Phylogenetic Relationships of the Lizard Families. R. Estes and G. Pregill (eds.). Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford, California.
7. FRAZZETTA, T. H. 1966. Studies on the morphology and function of the skull in the Boidae (Serpentes). Part II. Morphology and function of the jaw apparatus in Python sebae and Python molurus. J. Morphol. 118:217-296.
8. GAENGLER, P. 2000. Evolution of tooth attachment in lower vertebrates to tetrapods, p. 173-185. In: Development, Function and Evolution of Teeth. M. F. Teafovd, M. M. Smith, and M. W. Ferguson (eds.). Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
9. HALSTEAD, L. B. 1974. Vertebrate Hard Tissues. Wykeham Publications, London.
10. LEE, M. S. Y. 1997. The phylogeny of varanoid lizards and the affinities of snakes. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. 352:53-91.
11. _. 1998. Convergent evolution and character correlation in burrowing reptiles: towards a resolution of squamate relationships. Biol. Jour. Linn. Soc. 65:369-453.
12. _, AND M. W. CALDWELL. 1998. Anatomy and relationships of Pachyrhachis problematicus, a primitive snake with hind limbs. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. 352:1521-1552.
13. _, AND _. 2000. Adriosaurus and the affinities of mosasaurs, dolichosaurs, and snakes. J. Paleontol. 74:915-937.
14. MAHLER, D. L., AND M. KEARNEY. 2006. The palatal dentition in squamate reptiles: morphology, development, attachment, and replacement. Fieldiana 108:1-61.
15. MCDOWELL, S. B., AND C. M. BOGERT. 1954. The systematic position of Lanthanotus and the affinities of anguinomorphan lizards. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 105:1-142.
16. MCINTOSH, J. E., X. ANDERTON, L. FLORES-DE-JACOBY, D. S. CARLSON, C. F. SHULER, AND G. H. DIEKWISCH. 2002. Caiman periodontium as an intermediate between basal vertebrate ankylosis-type attachment and mammalian 'true' periodontium. Micr. Res. Tech. 59:449-459.
17. NORELL, M. A., M. C. MCKENNA, AND M. J. NOVACEK. 1992. Estesia mongoliensis, a new fossil varanoid from the Late Cretaceous Barun Goyot Formation of Mongolia. Am. Mus. Novit. 3045:1-24.
18. ODERMATT, C. 1940. Beiträge zur Kenntnis des Gebisses von Heloderma. Vierteljahresschs. Natf. Ges. Zürich 85:98-141.
19. OSBORN, J. W. 1984. From reptile to mammal: evolutionary considerations of the dentition with emphasis on tooth attachment. Zool. Soc. Lond. 52:549-574.
20. PEYER, B. 1968. Comparative Odontology. Univ. Chicago Press, Chicago.
21. REIF, W.-E. 2002. Evolution of the dermal skeleton of vertebrates: concepts and methods. N. Jb. Geol. Paläont., Abh. 223:53-78.
22. RIEPPEL, O. 1978. Tooth replacement in anguinomorph lizards. Zoomorphology 91:77-90.
23. _. 1979. A functional interpretation of the varanid dentition (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Varanidae). Gegenbaurs Morph. Jb. 125:797-817.
24. _. 2001. Tooth implantation and replacement in Sauropterygia. Palāont. Z. 75:207-217.
25. _, AND M. KEARNEY. 2001. The origin of snakes: limits of a scientific debate. Biologist 48:110-114.
26. _, AND _. 2005. Tooth replacement in the Late Cretaceous mosasaur Clidastes. J. Herpetol. 39:168-172.
27. _, A. G. KLUGE, AND H. ZAHER. 2002. Testing the phylogenetic relationships of the Pleistocene snake Wonambi naracoortensis Smith. J. Vert. Paleontol. 22:812-829.
28. SCANLON, J. D. 2005. Cranial morphology of the Plio-Pleistocene giant madtsoiid snake Wonambi naracoortensis. Acta Palaeontol. Pol. 50:139-180.
29. _, AND M. S. Y. LEE. 2000. The Pleistocene serpent Wonambi and the early evolution of snakes. Nature 403:416-420.
30. _, AND _. 2002. Varanoid-like dentition in primitive snakes (Matsoiidae). J. Herpetol. 36:100-106.
31. th edition. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
32. TOMES, C. S. 1874. On the structure and development of the teeth of Ophidia. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. Lond. 165:297-302.
33. _. 1875. Studies upon the attachment of teeth. Trans. Odontol. Soc. Lond. 7:41-58.
34. VAETH, R. H., D. A. ROSSMAN, AND W. SHOOP. 1985. Observations on tooth surface morphology in snakes. J. Herpetol. 19:20-26.
35. ZAHER, H., AND O. RIEPPEL. 1999. Tooth implantation and replacement in squamates, with special reference to mosasaur lizards and snakes. Am. Mus. Novit. 3271:1-19.