Jaw movement in fossil mammals: Analysis, description and visualization

Palaontologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 141-159

  von Koenigswald, Wighart ^a   Anders, Ulrike ^a   Engels, Sandra ^b   Schultz, Julia A ^a   Kullmer, Ottmar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dentition; Facets; Mammalia; Mastication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874448277     PISSN: 00310220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12542-012-0142-4     Document Type: Article

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