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Developmental and evolutionary novelty in the serrated teeth of theropod dinosaurs
Tooth morphology and development can provide valuable insights into the feeding behaviour and evolution of extinct organisms. The teeth of Theropoda, the only clade of predominantly predatory dinosaurs, are characterized by ziphodonty, the presence of serrations (denticles) on their cutting edges. K...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4648475/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26216577 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep12338 |