Functional relationship between skull form and feeding mechanics in sphenodon, and implications for diapsid skull development

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Curtis, Neil ^a   Jones, Marc E H ^b   Shi, Junfen ^a   O'Higgins, Paul ^c   Evans, Susan E ^b   Fagan, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRESS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MASTICATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICAL TORSION; MULTIBODY DYNAMICS ANALYSIS; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; SKULL DEVELOPMENT; SPHENODON; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TENSILE STRENGTH; VON MISES STRAIN; ANIMAL; DINOSAUR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SAURIA; SPHENODON; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; DINOSAURS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSILS; SKULL;

EID: 84555208101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029804     Document Type: Article

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