Scanning study suggests sawteeth in chondrichthyan likely not related to real teeth

Wednesday, September 2, 2015 - 08:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

(Phys.org)—A small team of researchers with members from the Natural Museum of London, King's College, and the University of London has conducted a study of the toothlike skin denticles exhibited by many chondrichthyan and has determined that they are not likely related to real teeth. In their paper published in Royal Society Open Science, the team describes their scanning study and their results.

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