Quantitative analysis of dental microwear in hadrosaurid dinosaurs, and the implications for hypotheses of jaw mechanics and feeding

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 27, 2009, Pages 11194-11199

  Williams, Vincent S ^a   Barrett, Paul M ^b   Purnell, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Ornithopoda; Tooth; Trophic ecology; Vertebrata

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER MODEL; DENTAL MICROWEAR; DINOSAUR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORE; IN VIVO STUDY; JAW; MESOZOIC; MICROSCOPY; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DINOSAURS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSILS; JAW; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TOOTH; TOOTH ATTRITION;

DINOSAURIA; HADROSAURIDAE; ORNITHOPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67650480065     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812631106     Document Type: Article

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