Evolution: Herbivore-Type Teeth in a Cretaceous Tuatara Relative. Academic Article

abstract

• In a new study, LeBlanc and co-workers have discovered an unusually complex dentition in a fossil relative of the modern-day tuatara that features compound occlusal surfaces, thick and prismatic enamel, and a novel enamel-to-bone tooth attachment. This finding suggests that complex dentitions arose independently in several reptilian lineages.

published proceedings

• Curr Biol

altmetric score

• 0.25

author list (cited authors)

• Diekwisch, T.

citation count

• 1

complete list of authors

• Diekwisch, Thomas GH

publication date

• January 2020

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Current Biology  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Argentina
• Dental Enamel
• Fossils
• Herbivory
• Humans
• Reptiles

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.cub.2020.02.041

start page

• R395

end page

• R397

volume

• 30

issue

• 9

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.02.041