Dental complexity and diet in amniotes: A meta-analysis

AC DeMers, JP Hunter - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Tooth morphology is among the most well-studied indicators of ecology. For decades,
researchers have examined the gross morphology and wear patterns of teeth as indicators …

Adaptive wear-based changes in dental topography associated with atelid (Mammalia: Primates) diets

JD Pampush, JP Spradley, PE Morse… - Biological Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Primates are generally characterized by low-crowned, brachydont molars relative to many
other groups of mammals. This conservative architecture may create special challenges for …

[HTML][HTML] Dental ecomorphology and macroevolutionary patterns of North American Late Cretaceous metatherians

AL Brannick, HZ Fulghum… - Palaeontologia …, 2023 - palaeo-electronica.org
Metatherian mammals were taxonomically rich and abundant in Late Cretaceous faunas of
North America. Although much attention has been paid to metatherian taxonomy, a …

Ecometric modelling of tooth shape and precipitation gradients among lemurs on Madagascar

EL Fulwood - Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Ecometric modelling relates spatial environmental variables to phenotypic characters to
better understand morphological adaptation and help reconstruct past environments. Here …

Functional Significance of the Mandible, Tooth Roots, and Tooth Crowns, and their Implications for Fossil Dietary Inference

AC DeMers - 2023 - search.proquest.com
The tooth crowns, tooth roots, and mandible of mammals form an integrated apparatus for
the acquisition and breakdown of food. The mandible houses the teeth and anchors the …