Tooth histology in the cretaceous ichthy
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Erin E. Maxwell; Michael W. Caldwell; Denis O. Lamoureux
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Ichthyosaurs are an extinct group of secondarily aquatic reptiles that show ligamentous tooth attachment to the jaw in some derived forms. Here, we provide a modern description of tooth histology in ichthyosaurs, using __Platypterygius australis__, a large ichthyosaur from the Cretaceou