The Teeth of Non-Mammalian Vertebrates
- 1st Edition - October 14, 2016
- Authors: Barry Berkovitz, Peter Shellis
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 2 8 5 0 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 2 8 8 4 - 1
The Teeth of Non-Mammalian Vertebrates is the first comprehensive publication devoted to the teeth and dentitions of living fishes, amphibians and reptiles. The book presents a… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe Teeth of Non-Mammalian Vertebrates is the first comprehensive publication devoted to the teeth and dentitions of living fishes, amphibians and reptiles. The book presents a comprehensive survey of the amazing variety of tooth forms among non-mammalian vertebrates, based on descriptions of approximately 400 species belonging to about 160 families. The text is lavishly illustrated with more than 600 high-quality color and monochrome photographs of specimens gathered from top museums and research workers from around the world, supplemented by radiographs and micro-CT images.
This stimulating work discusses the functional morphology of feeding, the attachment of teeth, and the relationship of tooth form to function, with each chapter accompanied by a comprehensive, up-to-date reference list. Following the descriptions of the teeth and dentitions in each class, four chapters review current topics with considerable research activity: tooth development; tooth replacement; and the structure, formation and evolution of the dental hard tissues. This timely book, authored by internationally recognized teachers and researchers in the field, also reflects the resurgence of interest in the dentitions of non-mammalian vertebrates as experimental systems to help understand genetic changes in evolution of teeth and jaws.
- Features more than 600 images, including numerous high-quality photographs from internationally-recognized researchers and world class collections
- Offers guidance on tooth morphology for classification and evolution of vertebrates
- Provides detailed coverage of the dentition of all living groups of non-mammalian vertebrates
Students, professors and researchers in zoology, biology, anthropology, archaeology and veterinary science, and libraries/departments covering these subjects, as well as students and professors in dental schools and museums
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Cyclostomes
- Myxiniformes
- Petromyzontiformes
- Chapter 2. Chondrichthyes 1: Sharks
- Chondrichthyes
- Dentitions of Sharks
- Galeomorph Sharks
- Orectolobiformes
- Lamniformes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Squalean Sharks
- Echinorhiniformes
- Squaliformes
- Squatiniformes
- Pristiophoriformes
- Online Resources
- Chapter 3. Chondrichthyes 2: Rays and Chimaeras
- Batoidea
- Diet and Feeding
- Dentitions of Rays
- Myliobatiformes
- Rajiformes
- Pristiformes
- Torpediniformes
- Dentitions of Chimaeras
- Online Resources
- Chapter 4. Osteichthyes
- Classification
- Diet
- Feeding and Food Processing in Actinopterygii
- Dentitions of Actinopterygii
- Cladista
- Neopterygii: Holostei
- Neopterygii: Teleostei
- Sarcopterygii
- Online Resources
- Chapter 5. Amphibia
- Gymnophiona
- Dentitions of Caecilian Larvae
- Caudata (Urodela)
- Anura
- Teeth of Larval Anurans
- Dentitions of Adult Anurans
- Online Resources
- Chapter 6. Reptiles 1: Tuatara and Lizards
- Reptiles: General
- Reptilian Skull
- Teeth of Reptiles
- Egg Teeth
- Diet and Feeding
- Rhynchocephalia
- Lizards
- Gekkota
- Scincoidea
- Lacertoidea
- Amphisbaenia
- Anguimorpha
- Varanidae and Their Relatives
- Iguania
- Online Resources
- Chapter 7. Reptiles 2: Snakes
- Introduction
- Venom and Fangs
- Snake Dentitions
- Chapter 8. Reptiles 3: Crocodylia
- Introduction
- Feeding
- Dentition
- Tooth Attachment
- Crocodylian Dentitions
- Online Resources
- Chapter 9. Tooth Formation
- Introduction
- Tooth Development
- Control of Tooth Development
- Missing Teeth
- Chapter 10. Tooth Replacement and Ontogeny of the Dentition
- Introduction
- Functions of Polyphyodonty
- Ontogeny of the Dentition
- Tooth Replacement
- Osteichthyes
- Amphibians
- Reptiles
- Ontogeny of the Dentition
- Bony Fish
- Chondrichthyes
- Molecular Control of Ontogeny of the Dentition and Tooth Replacement
- Chapter 11. Dentine and Dental Pulp
- Dentinogenesis
- Dental Pulp
- Orthodentine
- Osteodentine
- Vasodentine
- Plicidentine
- Hypermineralized Tissues of Tooth Plates
- Online Resources
- Chapter 12. Enameloid and Enamel
- Composition and Properties
- General Aspects of Formation
- Chondrichthyan Enameloid
- Actinopterygian Enameloid
- Sarcopterygian Enamel
- Amphibian Enameloid and Enamel
- Iron and Cuticles
- Reptilian Enamel
- Evolution of Hypermineralized Tissues
- Index
- No. of pages: 354
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 14, 2016
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780128028506
- eBook ISBN: 9780128028841
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