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Ontogeny reveals function and evolution of the hadrosaurid dinosaur dental battery

BACKGROUND: Hadrosaurid dinosaurs, dominant Late Cretaceous herbivores, possessed complex dental batteries with up to 300 teeth in each jaw ramus. Despite extensive interest in the adaptive significance of the dental battery, surprisingly little is known about how the battery evolved from the ancest...

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Autores principales: LeBlanc, Aaron R. H., Reisz, Robert R., Evans, David C., Bailleul, Alida M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4964017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27465802
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-016-0721-1