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New Species of the Late Triassic Venomous Archosauriform Uatchitodon
Source info:
| Author: | Bill Parker |
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| Date: | 2010-11-13 16:00:00 |
| Blog: | Chinleana  |
| URL: | http://chinleana.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-species-of-late-triassic-venomous.html |
Summary:
Mitchell, J. S., Heckert, A. B., and H.-D. Sues. 2010. Grooves to tubes: evolution of the venom delivery system in a Late Triassic “reptile”. Naturwissenschaften, online first. DOI 10.1007/s00114-010-0729-0 Abstract - Venom delivery systems occur in a wide range of extant and fossil vertebrates and are primarily based on oral adaptations. Teeth range from unmodified (Komodo dragons) to highlyContent analysis:
Stratigraphic context:
| Recognized stratigraphic terms [n]: | Triassic [1] |
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| Agenames chronostratigraphy [rating]: | Triassic [0.1] Mesozoic [0.1] Phanerozoic [0.1] |
Keywords:
adaptations, delivery system, delivery systems, dragons, evolution, fossil vertebrates, heckert, komodo dragons, reptile, teeth, tubes, venom
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