The role of bite force in the formation of orthodentine microwear in tree sloths (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Folivora): Implications for feeding ecology

The role of bite force in the formation of orthodentine microwear in tree sloths (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Folivora): Implications for feeding ecology

Highlights • Hypothesize that tree sloth microwear features correlate with increasing bite forces. • Scratch width is the only feature to correlate to bite force and just in Choloepus. • Bradypus shows no significant correlation of microwear features with bite force. • Microwear creation is complex...

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Veröffentlicht in:Archives of oral biology 2015-01, Vol.60 (1), p.181-192
Hauptverfasser: McAfee, Robert K, Green, Jeremy L
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Advanced Basic Science
Animals
Bite Force
Dental microwear
Dentistry
Diet
Feeding ecology
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
SEM
Sloths
Sloths - physiology
Software
Tooth - ultrastructure
Tooth Wear
Xenarthra
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Hypothesize that tree sloth microwear features correlate with increasing bite forces. • Scratch width is the only feature to correlate to bite force and just in Choloepus. • Bradypus shows no significant correlation of microwear features with bite force. • Microwear creation is complex and requires more than just simple orthal closure.
ISSN:0003-9969
1879-1506
DOI:10.1016/j.archoralbio.2014.09.014