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The earliest herbivorous marine reptile and its remarkable jaw apparatus

Newly discovered fossils of the Middle Triassic reptile Atopodentatus unicus call for a radical reassessment of its feeding behavior. The skull displays a pronounced hammerhead shape that was hitherto unknown. The long, straight anterior edges of both upper and lower jaws were lined with batteries o...

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Autores principales: Chun, Li, Rieppel, Olivier, Long, Cheng, Fraser, Nicholas C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4928886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27386529
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1501659