Intracranial Mobility in the Coelacanth
- 26 August 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 153 (3739), 999-1000
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.153.3739.999
Abstract
Analysis of the jaw mech anism of the coelacanth Latimeria shows' that the action of the intracranial artic ulation and the associated subcephalic muscles (a system unique to the Cros sopterygii) is important in increasing the angle of ihe gape and the power of the bite. Maximum rotation at the in tracranial joint is approximately 15 de grees.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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