Permian hypercarnivore suggests dental complexity among early amniotes

Tea Maho; Sigi Maho; Diane Scott; Robert R. Reisz

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32621-5

Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Permian hypercarnivore suggests dental complexity among early amniotes

Tea Maho,
Sigi Maho,
Diane Scott,
Robert R. Reisz

Affiliations

Tea Maho: International Centre of Future Science, Dinosaur Evolution Research Center, Jilin University
Sigi Maho: Department of Biology, University of Toronto Mississauga
Diane Scott: Department of Biology, University of Toronto Mississauga
Robert R. Reisz: International Centre of Future Science, Dinosaur Evolution Research Center, Jilin University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32621-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Dental development and replacement rates varied greatly among early terrestrial carnivorous and herbivorous amniotes, revealing a complexity that reflected a diversity of feeding behaviours soon after their initial appearance in the fossil record.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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