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ArticlePeerJ2021

Relatively low tooth replacement rate in a sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Ruyang Basin of central China.

Huali Chang, Hai-Lu You, Li Xu, Waisum Ma, Diansong Gao, Songhai Jia, Mengli Xia, Jiming Zhang, Yu Li, Xirui Wang and 5 more

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Article in PeerJ, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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15 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Huali ChangHenan Natural History Museum, Zhengzhou, China.
Hai-Lu YouKey Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Li XuHenan Natural History Museum, Zhengzhou, China.
Waisum MaSchool of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Diansong GaoHenan Natural History Museum, Zhengzhou, China.
Songhai JiaHenan Natural History Museum, Zhengzhou, China.
Mengli XiaHenan Natural History Museum, Zhengzhou, China.
Jiming ZhangHenan Natural History Museum, Zhengzhou, China.
Yu LiHenan Natural History Museum, Zhengzhou, China.
Xirui WangHenan Natural History Museum, Zhengzhou, China.
Di LiuHenan Natural History Museum, Zhengzhou, China.
Jie LiHenan Natural History Museum, Zhengzhou, China.
Jianhua ZhangHenan Natural History Museum, Zhengzhou, China.
Lili YangHenan Natural History Museum, Zhengzhou, China.
Xuefang WeiInstitute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, China.
Shandong Museum · CNChinese Academy of Geological Sciences · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNUniversity of Birmingham · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tooth replacement rate is an important feature related to feeding mechanics and food choices for dinosaurs. However, only a few data points are available for sauropod dinosaurs, partially due to rarity of relevant fossil material. Four somphospondylan sauropod species have been recovered from the Lower Cretaceous Aptian-Albian Haoling Formation in the Ruyang Basin, Henan Province of central China, but no cranial material has been reported except for a single crown. Here we report the discovery of the rostral portion of a left dentary with replacement teeth in its first five alveoli. Comparative anatomical study shows the partial dentary can be assigned to a member of early diverging somphospondylans. The non-destructive tooth length-based approach to estimating tooth formation time and replacement rate is adopted here. The estimated tooth replacement rate is 76 days, faster than that of

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Early CretaceousHenanRuyang BasinSauropodTooth replacement rate

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PMID34760377
PMCPMC8556709
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