The teeth of non-mammalian vertebrates : form, function, development and growth /
The Teeth of Non-Mammalian Vertebrates: Form, Function, Development and Growth, Second Edition is devoted to the teeth and dentitions of living fishes, amphibians, and reptiles. This book presents a comprehensive survey of the wide variety of tooth forms among non-mammalian vertebrates, based on des...
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London, England :
Academic Press,
[2023]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Terminology
- Introduction
- Origin of Jaws
- Origin of Teeth
- Teeth of Nonmammalian Vertebrates
- Diet
- Dental adaptations to feeding
- Chapter 1. Cyclostomes
- Myxiniformes
- Petromyzontiformes
- Chapter 2. Chondrichthyes 1. Sharks
- Chondrichthyes
- Dentitions of Sharks
- Galeomorph Sharks
- Squalean Sharks
- Chapter 3. Chondrichthyes 2. Rays and Chimaeras
- Batoidea
- Diet and Feeding
- Dentitions of Rays
- Holocephali
- Online Resources
- Chapter 4. Bony fishes
- Classification
- Diet
- Feeding and Food Processing
- Oral jaws
- Food acquisition
- Intraoral Transport and Prey Manipulation
- Intrapharyngeal Transport and Prey Processing
- Tooth Form
- Tooth Attachment
- Dentitions of Actinopterygii
- Cladistia
- Neopterygii: Holostei
- Neopterygii: Teleostei
- Cohort Elopomorpha
- Subcohort Ostariophysi
- Subcohort Protacanthopterygii
- Subcohort Stomiati
- Infra-Cohort Eurypterygii
- Subsection Acanthomorpha
- Division Paracanthopterygii
- Division Acanthopterygii
- Subdivision Percomorphaceae
- Series Pelagiaria
- Series Gobiaria
- Series Carangaria
- Series Ovalentaria
- Series Eupercaria
- Sarcopterygii
- Ceratodontiformes
- Online Resources
- Chapter 5. Amphibians
- Feeding
- Gymnophiona
- Teeth of Larvae
- Teeth of Adults
- Caudata (Urodela)
- Cryptobranchoidei
- Diadectosalamandroidei
- Anura
- Dentitions of Larval Anurans
- Dentitions of Adult Anurans
- Non-Neobatrachian Anurans
- Neobatrachia
- Online Resources
- Chapter 6. Reptiles 1. Tuatara and Lizards
- Reptiles: General
- Reptilian Skull
- Egg Teeth
- Teeth of Adult Reptiles
- Tuatara
- Lizards
- Chapter 7. Reptiles 2. Snakes
- Introduction
- Scolecophidia
- Alethinophidia
- Chapter 8. Reptiles 3. Crocodilians
- Introduction
- Skull and Dentition
- Feeding
- Tooth Attachment
- Crocodilian Dentitions
- Online Resources
- Chapter 9. Tooth Formation
- Introduction
- Tooth Germ Initiation
- Crown Formation
- Formation of Hard Tissues
- Tooth Eruption
- Tooth Attachment
- Tooth Shedding
- Control of Tooth Development
- Missing Teeth
- Chapter 10. Ontogeny of the Dentition and Tooth Replacement
- Introduction
- Patterning of Ontogeny and Replacement
- Elasmobranchs
- Bony Fishes and Tetrapods
- Bony Fishes
- Amphibians
- Reptiles
- Theories of Dental Ontogeny and Tooth Replacement
- Molecular Control of Ontogeny of the Dentition and Tooth Replacement
- Chapter 11. Dental Hard Tissues
- Introduction
- Dental Minerals
- Dentine
- Enameloid
- Enamel
- Iron and Cuticles
- Pleromin
- Petrodentine
- Mechanical Properties of Dental Hard Tissues
- Dental Pulp
- Index.