The mammalian jaw: A mechanical analysis

The Mammalian Jaw: A Mechanical Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-114

  Greaves, Walter Stalker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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