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Large batoid fishes frequently consume stingrays despite skeletal damage
The shapes of vertebrate teeth are often used as hallmarks of diet. Here, however, we demonstrate evidence of frequent piscivory by cartilaginous fishes with pebble-like teeth that are typically associated with durophagy, the eating of hard-shelled prey. High-resolution micro-computed tomography obs...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society Publishing
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5627110/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28989770 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.170674 |