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Fig. 6

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

Fig. 6

The relationship between dental replacement rate and average tooth complexity in sampled Late Jurassic sauropod dinosaurs. Simpler teeth (lower OPCRavg) are associated with shorter replacement rates, whereas more complex dentitions tend to have longer replacement rates. This association is supported in both three and five count minimum polygon thresholds and when phylogenetic relationships are taken into account

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BMC Ecology and Evolution

ISSN: 2730-7182

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