Dental wear in dolphins (Cetacea: Delphinidae) from southern Brazil

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 134-141

  Loch, Carolina ^a,b   Simões Lopes, Paulo C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dental crown; Marine mammals; Occlusion; Ontogeny; Teeth; Wear intensity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; DELPHINUS CAPENSIS; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; MAMMALIA; PSEUDORCA CRASSIDENS; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA; STENELLA FRONTALIS; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

ANIMAL; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; MALE; PREVALENCE; TOOTH WEAR;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; DOLPHINS; FEMALE; MALE; PREVALENCE; TOOTH WEAR;

EID: 84874113693     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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