Complex Dental Wear Analysis Reveals Dietary Shift in Triassic Placodonts (Sauropsida, Sauropterygia)

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Journal Swiss J Palaeontol

Date 2024 Feb 8

PMID 38328031

Authors

Kinga Gere

Andras Lajos Nagy

Torsten M Scheyer

Ingmar Werneburg

Attila osi

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Abstract

Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13358-024-00304-x.

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