Carnassiform notches improve the functional efficiency of bat molar shearing crests
We surveyed molar surface morphology of bats of 281 extant and extinct species in 5 archaic and 19 extant families using scanning microscopy. We note the occurrence of structural features on talonid crests, the cristid obliqua, postcristid, and entocristid, and their absence in upper molars, even...
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Language: | English |
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Institute of Paleobiology PAS
2022-03-01
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Series: | Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |
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Online Access: | https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app67/app008892021.pdf |