Three-dimensional reconstruction of tooth relationships during carnivoran chewing

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Evans, Alistair R ^a,b   Fortelius, Mikael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attrition facet; Carnivora; Mastication; Occlusal path; Occlusal vector; Occlusion; Three dimensional (3D) morphology; VRML

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; MORPHOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; TOOTH;

CARNIVORA;

EID: 60249094153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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