A “Mammalian-like” Pycnodont Fish: Independent Acquisition of Thecodont Implantation, True Vertical Replacement, and Carnassial Dentitions in Carnivorous Mammals and a Peculiar Group of Pycnodont Fish
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DOI: 10.3390/life12020250
Abstract: Vertebrates developed tooth replacement over 400 million years ago. Then, 200 million years later, the combination of vertical tooth replacement with the thecodont implantation (teeth in bone sockets) appeared a key morphological innovation in mammalian… read more here.
Keywords: replacement; mammalian like; tooth replacement; thecodont implantation ... See more keywords