Rethinking thecodonty: the influence of two centuries of comparative dental anatomy on our understanding of tooth evolution
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DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2025.0316
Abstract: ‘Thecodont’ refers to teeth implanted in sockets within the jaw, a condition traditionally associated with living mammals and crocodylians, which also coincidentally have teeth attached by ligaments to the socket walls (gomphosis). For over a… read more here.
Keywords: influence two; evolution; rethinking thecodonty; two centuries ... See more keywords