Dental microwear in relation to changes in the direction of mastication during the evolution of Myodonta (Rodentia, Mammalia)

Cyril Charles1, Jean‐Jacques Jaeger1, Jacques Michaux2, Laurent Viriot1
1Laboratoire de Géobiologie, Biochronologie et Paléontologie Humaine, CNRS UMR 6046, Faculté SFA, Université de Poitiers, Poitiers Cedex, France
2Laboratoire EPHE de Paléontologie des Vertébrés, ISEM: Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution de l’Université Montpellier II, Montpellier cedex 5, France

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