Previous Models of Mammalian Teeth

Model of Crompton and Sita-Lumsden (1970; Nature 227: 197-199).
 

a) The Crompton and Sita-Lumsden (1970) model of therian molar function, redrawn from Crompton and Sita-Lumsden (1970). Full page

b) Three-dimensional reconstruction of model shown in Crompton and Sita-Lumsden (1970), showing that both of the blades on the model are two-dimensional curves, as each lies in a plane. Full page

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Alistair Evans and Gordon Sanson, December 2003