Biology meets engineering: The structural mechanics of fossil and extant shark teeth

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 272, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-179

  Whitenack, Lisa B ^a   Simkins, Daniel C ^b   Motta, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutting; Elasmobranchii; Finite element analysis; Stress; Tooth morphology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; SHARK; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOSSILS; SHARKS; TOOTH;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII;

EID: 78650868238     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10903     Document Type: Article

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