Osteological Associations With Unique Tooth Development in Manatees (Trichechidae, Sirenia): A Detailed Look at Modern Trichechus and a Review of the Fossil Record

Anatomical Record

Volumn 295, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1504-1512

  Beatty, Brian Lee ^a   Vitkovski, Taisia ^a   Lambert, Olivier ^b   Macrini, Thomas E ^c  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Miosiren; Polyphyodonty; Sirenia; Tooth development; Trichechidae; Trichechus

Indexed keywords

ALVEOLAR BONE; ARTICLE; DIASTEMA; FOSSIL; MIOSIREN KOCKI; MOLAR TOOTH; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIRENIA; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TRICHECHUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; ODONTOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; SIRENIA; TOOTH; TRICHECHUS;

SIRENIA; TRICHECHIDAE; TRICHECHUS;

EID: 84865304964     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.22525     Document Type: Article

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