Canine Grooves: Morphology, function and relevance to venom

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 547-551

  Folinsbee, Kaila E ^a   Müller, Johannes ^a,b   Reisz, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

EID: 34447098453     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[547:CGMFAR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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