Dentary tooth shape in sphenodon and its fossil relatives (Diapsida: Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia)

Frontiers of Oral Biology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2009, Pages 9-15

  Jones, M E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; MANDIBLE; ODONTOMETRY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; REPTILE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSILS; MANDIBLE; ODONTOMETRY; PALEODONTOLOGY; REPTILES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOOTH;

EID: 77649225624     PISSN: 14202433     EISSN: 16623770     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000242382     Document Type: Conference Paper

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