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Saber-toothed salmon teeth more like tusks than fangs
Science News (2016)
  • Susan Milius
Abstract
Sharp front teeth gave the saber-toothed nickname to the extinct Oncorhynchus rastrosus fish. But rather than pointing downward like fangs, these teeth now appear to have stuck out to the sides a bit like warthog tusks, Kerin Claeson of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine reported January 4 at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology annual meeting.
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Publication Date
January, 2016
DOI
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/saber-toothed-salmon-teeth-more-tusks-fangs
Citation Information
Susan Milius. "Saber-toothed salmon teeth more like tusks than fangs" Science News (2016)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kerin_claeson/37/