Reptiles are key components of modern ecosystems, yet for many species detailed
characterisations of their diets are lacking. Data currently used in dietary reconstructions are …

Dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA) is a powerful technique for reconstructing the
diets of extant and extinct taxa. Few studies have investigated intraspecific microwear …

Lepidosauria show a large diversity in dietary adaptations, both among extant and extinct
tetrapods. Unlike mammals, Lepidosauria do not engage in sophisticated mastication of …

Abstract Mosasaurs (Squamata, Mosasauridae) were large aquatic reptiles from the Late
Cretaceous that filled a range of ecological niches within marine ecosystems. The type …

Theropods were the dominating apex predators in most Jurassic and Cretaceous terrestrial
ecosystems. Their feeding ecology has always been of great interest, and new …

Phytosaurs are a group of large, semi‐aquatic archosaurian reptiles from the Middle–Late
Triassic. They have often been interpreted as carnivorous or piscivorous due to their large …

Dietary information of fossil mammals can be revealed via the analysis of tooth morphology,
tooth wear, tooth geochemistry, and the microscopic wear patterns on tooth surfaces …

Dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA) is widely used for diet inferences in extant and
extinct vertebrates. Often, a reference tooth position is analysed in extant specimens, while …

The analysis of dental microwear is commonly used by paleontologists and anthropologists
to clarify the diets of extinct species, including herbivorous and carnivorous mammals …

Rhinoceroses were conspicuous elements in Cenozoic ecosystems, and studying the
ecological behavior of extant species might unravel the ecology of their fossil kin. Microwear …