Finite element, occlusal, microwear and microstructural analyses indicate that conodont microstructure is adapted to dental function

Palaeontology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1059-1066

  Martínez Pérez, Carlos ^a   Rayfield, Emily J ^a   Purnell, Mark A ^b   Donoghue, Philip C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conodont; Finite element analysis; Function; Microstructure; Microwear; Occlusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908702729     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12102     Document Type: Article

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