Jaw mechanics in basal Ceratopsia (Ornithischia, Dinosauria)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1352-1369

  Tanoue, Kyo ^a   Grandstaff, Barbara S ^b   You, Hai Lu ^c   Dodson, Peter ^b  

^a CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Basal Ceratopsia; Bite force; Leverage; Mandibular mechanics; Masticatory system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CERATOPSIA; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; FEEDING; FORCE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; JAW MOVEMENT; MANDIBLE; MASTICATION; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; TOOTH;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BITE FORCE; CLASSIFICATION; DINOSAURS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAW; MASTICATION; PLANTS, EDIBLE; SKULL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STOMATOGNATHIC SYSTEM; TOOTH;

ANIMALIA; CERATOPSIA; CERATOPSIDAE; DINOSAURIA; NEOCERATOPSIA; ORNITHISCHIA; PSITTACOSAURIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 73249153002     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20979     Document Type: Article

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