Insights into the Ecology and Evolutionary Success of Crocodilians Revealed through Bite-Force and Tooth-Pressure Experimentation

BACKGROUND: Crocodilians have dominated predatory niches at the water-land interface for over 85 million years. Like their ancestors, living species show substantial variation in their jaw proportions, dental form and body size. These differences are often assumed to reflect anatomical specializatio...

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Autores principales: Erickson, Gregory M., Gignac, Paul M., Steppan, Scott J., Lappin, A. Kristopher, Vliet, Kent A., Brueggen, John D., Inouye, Brian D., Kledzik, David, Webb, Grahame J. W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3303775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22431965
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031781

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3303775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22431965
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031781

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