Arthropod remains in the oral cavities of fossil reptiles support inference of early insectivory

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 838-840

  Modesto, Sean P ^a   Scott, Diane M ^b   Reisz, Robert R ^b  

^a CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Cuticle; Diet; Insectivory; Palaeozoic; Parareptile

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; DIET; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOSSIL RECORD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INSECTIVORY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PALEOZOIC; REPTILE;

AMNIOTA; ARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; REPTILIA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 74549198708     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0326     Document Type: Article

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