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SUBMITTER: Li Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7171806 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Zhiheng Z Wang Chun-Chieh CC Wang Min M Chiang Cheng-Cheng CC Wang Yan Y Zheng Xiaoting X Huang E-Wen EW Hsiao Kiko K Zhou Zhonghe Z
BMC evolutionary biology 20200421 1
<h4>Background</h4>Tooth morphology within theropod dinosaurs has been extensively investigated and shows high disparity throughout the Cretaceous. Changes or diversification in feeding ecology, i.e., adoption of an herbivorous diet (e.g., granivorous), is proposed as a major driver of tooth evolution in Paraves (e.g., Microraptor, troodontids and avialans). Here, we studied the microscopic features of paravian non-avian theropod and avialan teeth using high-spatial-resolution synchrotron transm ...[more]