A model of wear in curved mammal teeth: Controls on occlusal morphology and the evolution of hypsodonty in lagomorphs

Paleobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-75

  Bair, Andrea R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; LAGOMORPH; MIOCENE; MODELING; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY; TOOTH; WEAR;

LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; ONDATRA;

EID: 33947537698     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/06044.1     Document Type: Article

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