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Early Jurassic dinosaur fetal dental development and its significance for the evolution of sauropod dentition

Early Jurassic dinosaur fetal dental development and its significance for the evolution of sauropod dentition

Authors :
Robert R. Reisz
Aaron R. H. LeBlanc
Hillary C. Maddin
Thomas W. Dudgeon
Diane Scott
Timothy Huang
Jun Chen
Chuan-Mu Chen
Shiming Zhong
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2020.

Abstract

Dinosaurs had some of the most complex dentitions known. Here, Reisz et al. characterize dental development across embryonic, hatchling and adult Lufengosaurus, an Early Jurassic sauropodomorph dinosaur, and suggest that derived sauropod dentition evolved by paedomorphosis (juvenilization).

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
11
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.2929889c4e3643c5bc7154130b0531f2
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16045-7