Enamel thickness and microstructure in pitheciin primates, with comments on dietary adaptations of the middle Miocene hominoid KenyapithecusLawrence B Martin
Departments of Anthropology and Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 4364, USA
J Hum Evol 45:351-67. 2003
..The morphology of both the anterior and posterior dentition, including enamel thickness and microstructure, should be taken into consideration when inferring the dietary regime of fossil species...
Variation in hominoid molar enamel thicknessTanya M Smith
Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences, Stony Brook University, NY 11794 4364, USA
J Hum Evol 48:575-92. 2005
..Nonetheless, previous findings that African apes have relatively thinner enamel than Pongo is supported for certain molar positions...
An examination of dental development in Graecopithecus freybergi (=Ouranopithecus macedoniensis)Tanya M Smith
Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 4364, USA
J Hum Evol 46:551-77. 2004
..Developmental similarities between Paranthropus and Graecopithecus are interpreted to be parallelisms due to similarities in the mechanical demands of their diets...
Quantification of dentine shape in anthropoid primatesAnthony J Olejniczak
Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
Ann Anat 186:479-85. 2004
..Among the samples studied, cercopithecoid primates have a unique dentine shape, and it is suggested that the development of bilophodont molars may be related to the distinctive EDJ configuration in cercopithecoids...
Enamel thickness, microstructure and development in Afropithecus turkanensisTanya M Smith
Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences, Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794 4364, USA
J Hum Evol 44:283-306. 2003
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Morphology of the enamel-dentine junction in sections of anthropoid primate maxillary molarsAnthony J Olejniczak
Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, D 04103 Leipzig, Germany
J Hum Evol 53:292-301. 2007
..When considered in conjunction with aspects of molar morphology, such as developmental features and enamel thickness, EDJ shape may be a useful tool for the taxonomic assessment of fossil molars...
Three-dimensional primate molar enamel thicknessAnthony J Olejniczak
Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, D 04103 Leipzig, Germany
J Hum Evol 54:187-95. 2008
..Although the data set presented here has some taxonomic gaps, it may serve as a useful reference for researchers investigating enamel thickness in fossil taxa and studies of primate gnathic biology...