Nanomechanical variability in the early evolution of vertebrate dentition

Abstract Conodonts are an extinct group of primitive jawless vertebrates whose elements represent the earliest examples of a mineralized feeding apparatus in vertebrates. Their relative relationship within vertebrates remains unresolved. As teeth, conodont elements are not homologous with the dentit...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Shohel, Kamal K. Ray, Alexei V. Tivanski, Neo E. B. McAdams, Alyssa M. Bancroft, Bradley D. Cramer, Tori Z. Forbes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14157-2