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From: Exceptionally simple, rapidly replaced teeth in sauropod dinosaurs demonstrate a novel evolutionary strategy for herbivory in Late Jurassic ecosystems

Fig. 2

Average dental complexity and phylogenetic relationships of Late Jurassic dinosaurs. Ornithischian herbivores (orange, left) typically have higher dental complexities (3 patch analyses) than both theropods (purple, centre) and sauropods (blue, right). Herbivorous diplodocoid sauropods exhibit tooth complexities similar to theropod carnivorous theropods, which contrasts with patterns observed in extant and extinct herbivores. Illustrations of dental complexity in occlusal view are shown below OPCR values. D dentary, PM premaxilla and maxilla. Silhouettes courtesy of S. Abramowicz and phylopic.org

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BMC Ecology and Evolution

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