Ultrastructure of enamel and dentine in extant dolphins (Cetacea: Delphinoidea and Inioidea)

Zoomorphology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 215-225

  Loch, Carolina ^a,b,c   Duncan, Warwick ^b   Simões Lopes, Paulo C ^c   Kieser, Jules A ^b   Fordyce, R Ewan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; Dental tissues; Functional morphology; Phylogeny; Teeth

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; INIA; INIA GEOFFRENSIS; PHOCOENA SPINIPINNIS; PHOCOENIDAE; PONTOPORIA; PONTOPORIA BLAINVILLEI; SKENEA;

EID: 84877771365     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-012-0180-1     Document Type: Article

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