FEEDING INFLUENCE. “Current hypotheses state that the evolution of feeding behaviors may have been the driver for the structural modifications of the crocodilian rostrum: The displacement and remodeling of the bones configuring the crocodilian secondary palate, which may initially have occurred reinforce the snout and skull instead of providing a physical bony partition between the oral and nasal cavities.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022