Why the Long Face? The Mechanics of Mandibular Symphysis Proportions in Crocodiles

BACKGROUND: Crocodilians exhibit a spectrum of rostral shape from long snouted (longirostrine), through to short snouted (brevirostrine) morphologies. The proportional length of the mandibular symphysis correlates consistently with rostral shape, forming as much as 50% of the mandible’s length in lo...

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Autores principales: Walmsley, Christopher W., Smits, Peter D., Quayle, Michelle R., McCurry, Matthew R., Richards, Heather S., Oldfield, Christopher C., Wroe, Stephen, Clausen, Phillip D., McHenry, Colin R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3547052/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23342027
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053873

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