Carnassial tooth model

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Evans EvoMorph Lab
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Sketchfab
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158
Release Date
2020-08-24
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CC BY 4.0
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Most carnivorous mammals have a blade-like tooth called a carnassial. To demonstrate the geometry of the carnassial tooth, this model was created, showing the way in which the V-shaped blades meet to trap and cut food. The matching blades are shown in red. Source: Evans AR, and Sanson GD. 2006. Spatial and functional modeling of carnivore and insectivore molariform teeth. *Journal of Morphology* **267**: 649-662.

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