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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...
Autores principales: | Chun, Li, Rieppel, Olivier, Long, Cheng, Fraser, Nicholas C. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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