fish. Functionally, acrodont tooth implantation may be related to strong bite force. Squamata: Within squamate reptiles, acrodont tooth implantation is...

sockets. There are, however, other animals that have acrodont dentition such as tuataras. Usually acrodonts are divided into two families Chamaeleonidae and...

of bone, as seen in crocodilians, dinosaurs and mammals, and opposed to acrodont and pleurodont dentition seen in squamate reptiles. Notably, this appears...

front and acrodont posterior teeth. Some rhynchocephalians differ from these conditions, with Ankylosphenodon having superficially acrodont teeth that...

amphibians exhibit teeth that have a slight attachment to the jaw or acrodont teeth. Acrodont teeth exhibit limited connection to the dentary and have little...

agamids is their teeth, which are borne on the outer rim of their mouths (acrodonts), rather than on the inner side of their jaws (pleurodonts). This feature...

the rear. Most species are pleurodont, though agamids and chameleons are acrodont. The tongue can be extended outside the mouth, and is often long. In the...

lizard to glide. While in its original description it was considered to acrodont lizard, with a cladistic analysis in the same study suggesting that it...

between the eyes, the interorbital septum, is present. Its dentition is acrodont; the teeth are compressed, triangular, and more or less distinctly tricuspid...

but is not found among the non-archosaur reptiles, which instead have acrodont or pleurodont dentition. Teeth that were lost were replaced by teeth below...

J. (2000-04-01). "Evaluating Trans-Tethys Migration: An Example Using Acrodont Lizard Phylogenetics" (PDF). Systematic Biology. 49 (2): 233–256. doi:10...

the tuatara, and almost all other rhynchocephalians, are described as acrodont, as they are attached to the apex of the jaw bone. This contrast with the...

chameleons and agamids. Modern acrodontans are characterized by their acrodont dentition, meaning that their teeth implant along the margins of the jaws...

area and simple mono-cuspid teeth rostrally. Chameleon teeth are also acrodont ankylosed to the bones of the jaw. Odontoblasts produce a layer of predentin...

attached to the inner side of the jaw along with larger posterior triangular acrodont teeth attached to the apex of the jaw bone, similar to other primitive...

suborder Iguania Acrodonta (katydid), a katydid genus in the tribe Agraeciini Acrodont, a formation of the teeth whereby the teeth are consolidated with the summit...

member of Sphenodontidae. Like most other rhynchocephalians, the teeth are acrodont, with a deep dentary, and it probably had an omnivorous habit. Apesteguía...

agamids and are currently restricted to the Old World. Gueragama is the only acrodont known from South America, providing evidence that the group once ranged...

thought to be a priscagamid, it's sub-pleurodont dentition instead of acrodont permanent dentition indicates that it might had been a more basal iguanian...

an elongated premaxillary process) and eusphenodontian characters (full acrodont dentition, high coronoid process and anterior successional teeth, including...

be damage to the fossil. They agreed with Sharov that Longisquama has acrodont teeth and an interclavicle, but instead of a furcula, they saw paired clavicles...

crassus Bayn Dzak, Ukhaa Tolgod, Zos Wash "Partially complete skulls." An acrodont. Also present in the Bayan Mandahu Formation. Myrmecodaptria M. microphagosa...

Rastegar-Pouy 2000. Evaluating trans-Tethys migration: an example using acrodont lizard phylogenetics. Systematic Biology 49 (2): 233-256 Ord, T. J., D...

reptiles and theropod dinosaur fossils have an interdental plate, whereas acrodont reptiles such as Sphenodontia do not. Its presence in Archaeopteryx, an...

where the teeth are fused to the inner sides of the jaw bones, or the acrodont dentition, in which the teeth are fused to the top of the jaw bones without...

surface of the jaw. The four following pairs of teeth are much smaller and acrodont, meaning that they grow from the upper margin of the jaw. Behind them are...

features are more common among modern birds. Some traits, such as the acrodont or pleurodont tooth implantation and spoon-shaped sclerotic bones are unprecedented...

iguanians called Acrodonta, members of which are characterized by an "acrodont" dentition in which the teeth grow from the margins of the jaws. However...

Museum für Naturkunde. Retrieved 2022-02-09. Haridy, Yara (2018). Assessing Acrodont Dentition in Reptilia, with Special Attention to Replacement and Wear Adaptations...

Whitakersaurus possesses a mix of dental implantations. It is posteriorly acrodont, after the ninth tooth, and anteriorly pleurodont. There are 19 teeth on...