Hystricognathy vs sciurognathy in the rodent jaw: A new morphometric assessment of hystricognathy applied to the living fossil Laonastes (Diatomyidae)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Hautier, Lionel ^a   Lebrun, Renaud ^b,c   Saksiri, Soonchan ^d   Michaux, Jacques ^c   Vianey Liaud, Monique ^c   Marivaux, Laurent ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d MAHASARAKHAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOHYSTRICA CLADE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FOSSIL; HYSTRICOGNATHY; JAW; LAONASTES AENIGMAMUS; MASTICATION; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMETRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RODENT; SCIUROGNATHY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; MANDIBLE;

HYSTRICOGNATHI; LAONASTES; LAONASTES AENIGMAMUS; LAOTIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; JAW; MANDIBLE; RODENTIA;

EID: 79954518880     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018698     Document Type: Article

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