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 …

Researchers have recognized for many years that patterns of dental microwear, or
microscopic use-wear on teeth, can be used to infer aspects of diet in mammals. Although …

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

Mammalian molar form is clearly adapted to fracture foods with specific material properties.
Studies of dental functional morphology can therefore offer important clues about the diets of …

Dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA) is a common wear proxy using dental wear
features to reconstruct diet in extant and extinct taxa. Dietary reconstructions of extinct …

Mesowear and microwear analyses use data from worn tooth surfaces as proxies for feeding
ecology. Mesowear is based on gross dental wear and forms over months to years. The …

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

Inferring the diet of fossil mammals is a major approach to mammalian palaeobiology and
palaeoecology. Dental wear provides a unique record of oral behaviour, available for most …

The Plio-Pleistocene hominin Paranthropus boisei had enormous, flat, thickly enameled
cheek teeth, a robust cranium and mandible, and inferred massive, powerful chewing …

Food consumption causes distinct microwear patterns on teeth, especially in mammals that
actively masticate food. Here we perform a microwear analysis to assess the relationships …