Structure and compositional characteristics of caniniform dental enamel in the tuatara sphenodon punctatus (lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia)

New Zealand Dental Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 44-50

  Kieser, J A ^a,b,c   He, L H ^a,b,c   Dean, M C ^a,b,c   Jones, M E H ^a,b,c   Duncan, W J ^a,b,c   Swain, M V ^a,b,c   Nelson, N J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dentine; Enamel; Sphenodon; Tooth morphology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENAMEL; HARDNESS; HISTOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REPTILE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; DENTAL ENAMEL; ELASTIC MODULUS; HARDNESS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; REPTILES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 79960688465     PISSN: 00288047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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