Dental wear and oral food processing in Caiman latirostris: Analogue for fossil crocodylians with crushing teeth

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-207

  Osi, Attila ^a   Barrett, Paul M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Crocodiles; Dental wear; Fossil; Recent

Indexed keywords

CROCODILIAN; DENTITION; DIET; FOSSIL; PALEONTOLOGY; STOMACH CONTENT; TOOTH;

ALLIGATOR; CAIMAN LATIROSTRIS; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CRUSTACEA; EUSUCHIA; MOLLUSCA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 80051757530     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2011/0161     Document Type: Article

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