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From: Exceptionally simple, rapidly replaced teeth in sauropod dinosaurs demonstrate a novel evolutionary strategy for herbivory in Late Jurassic ecosystems

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Dental morphology and OPCR maps of select Late Jurassic dinosaurs. A Allosaurus (Photo: UMNH VP 5841; OPCR model: BYU 759) B Gargoyleosaurus (DMNH EPV0.27,726) and C Nanosaurus (MWC 5822) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation. Dental morphology varies considerably between dinosaurs that lived during the Late Jurassic and OPCR allows for a numerical representation of differing shapes. Note that some details, such as the serrations of Allosaurus, are not detected in OPCR analyses. Dental complexity maps in labial (left centre), distal (right centre), and occlusal (right) view. Models shown have 10,000 faces and were measured at a minimum of three triangles per patch. Scale bar equals 0.25 cm. BYU Brigham Young University, DMNH Denver Museum of Nature and Science, MWC Museum of Western Colorado, UMNH Utah Museum of Natural History

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