Squalicorax Chips a Tooth: A Consequence of Feeding-Related Behavior from the Lowermost Navesink Formation (Late Cretaceous: Campanian-Maastrichtian) of Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA

Chipped and broken functional teeth are common in modern sharks with serrated tooth shape. Tooth damage consists of splintering, cracking, and flaking near the cusp apex where the enameloid is broken and exposes the osteodentine and orthodentine. Such damage is generally viewed as the result of forc...

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Main Authors: John A. Chamberlain, Martin A. Becker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-05-01
Series:Geosciences
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/2/2/109