Morphology and mechanics of the teeth and jaws of white-spotted bamboo sharks (Chiloscyllium plagiosum)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 268, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 664-682

  Ramsay, Jason B ^a   Wilga, Cheryl D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Durophagy; Jaw joint; Orectolobiformes; Tooth attachment; Tooth function; Tooth rotation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MINERALIZATION; DENTITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; JAW; MASTICATION; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHARK; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BITE FORCE; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; DENTITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAW; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; PHYLOGENY; SHARKS; TOOTH;

CHILOSCYLLIUM PLAGIOSUM; CHONDRICHTHYES; HEMISCYLLIIDAE; ORECTOLOBIFORMES;

EID: 34547793515     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10530     Document Type: Article

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