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Marcus, H. (detail)
   
1921a
Über die Zahl und die Verschiebung von Zähnen besonders bei Manatus.
Arch. Entwicklungsmech. Organismen 47(4): 571-586. 4 tabs. 3 figs. Pls. 18-19. Apr. 18, 1921.
–Discusses the mode of tooth replacement in manatees in the light of a study of a series of T. senegalensis. Concludes that replacement is principally due to forward pressure from teeth erupting at the back of the toothrow, and that the number of teeth formed during the lifetime is at least 12-15 per jaw quadrant (274-286, pls. 18-19).

Related Index Records (4)

Manatus senegalensis Desmarest, 1817
(homonym of Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795)
  x 1921a Marcus, H. (tooth replacement; 574-586, pls. 18-19.)

Mastication
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive)
  x 1921a Marcus, H. (Trichechus; ?propalinal jaw motion; 581.)

Skeleton
(SEE ALSO: Age Determination; Embryology and Ontogeny; Histology; Myology; Sense Organs; Tooth Replacement; and under species)
  x 1921a Marcus, H. (TS; jaws, teeth, tooth replacement; 574-586, pls. 18-19.)

Tooth Replacement
  x * 1921a Marcus, H. (TS; 574-586, pls. 18-19.)


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