THE ADVENT OF HERBIVORY IN CERTAIN REPTILIAN LINEAGES DURING THE TRIASSIC by
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The dentitions of several presumed herbivorous Triassic reptiles are described and discussed. Some chan)!;es in dentitions with wowth suggest that juveniles were insectivorous. The appearance of these forms may have been facilitated by noral changes which took place in the early
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تاریخ انتشار 2014