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Article: Finite element, occlusal, microwear and microstructural analyses indicate that conodont microstructure is adapted to dental function

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 57
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2014
Page(s): 1059 1066
Author(s): <p>Carlos Martínez-Pérez, Emily J. Rayfield, Mark A. Purnell and Philip C. J. Donoghue</p>
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MARTÍNEZ-PÉREZ, C., RAYFIELD, E., PURNELL, M.A. and DONOGHUE, P.C.J. 2014. Finite element, occlusal, microwear and microstructural analyses indicate that conodont microstructure is adapted to dental function. Palaeontology57, 5, 1059–1066. doi: 10.1111/pala.12102

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Publication History

  • Issue published online: 12 SEP 2014
  • Article first published online: 26 FEB 2014
  • Manuscript Accepted: 21 JAN 2014
  • Manuscript Received: 8 NOV 2013

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Marie Curie FP7-People IEF. Grant Number: 2011-299681
Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología

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