Enamel structure in some therapsids and mesozoic mammals
- 1 December 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Calcified Tissue International
- Vol. 29 (1), 47-61
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02408055
Abstract
The distribution of enamel tubules, the shapes and arrangements of prisms, and the orientation of crystals in ground sections from several therapsids and mesozoic mammals have been investigated by conventional and polarizing microscopy. Along each of three separate phylogenetic lines which evolved occluding teeth, there was a progressive increase in the numbers of enamel tubules. In the investigation, the arcade-shaped prisms typical of recent mammals were first seen in material from the Cretaceous period. All the enamels investigated from the Triassic contained columns of crystals, which were deduced as hexagonal. The inner ends of the crystals within each column deviated towards the center of the column. It is concluded that the existence of an interprismatic region provides the most important distinction between prismatic enamels and the hexagonal columns of crystals in the Triassic material.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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