The head and neck muscles associated with feeding in sphenodon (Reptilia: Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia)

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Jones, Marc E H ^a   Curtis, Neil ^b   O'Higgins, Paul ^c   Fagan, Mike ^b   Evans, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extant Phylogenetic bracket; Feeding; Muscles; Myology; Skull; Tuatara

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FEEDING; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMOLOGY; MUSCLE; OSTEOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPH; RECONSTRUCTION; REPTILE; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

AMNIOTA; ANIMALIA; LEPIDOSAURIA; RATTUS; REPTILIA; SAURIA; SPHENODON; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS; SPHENODONTIA;

EID: 70849114940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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