Stegosaurus teeth from Eastern Siberia show high wear and replacement rate (IMAGE)

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Stegosaurus teeth from Eastern Siberia show high wear and replacement rate

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Dentary teeth with three wear facets of Stegosauria indet. from the Teete locality, Yakutia, Russia; Batylykh Formation (Lower Cretaceous). Specimens ZIN PH 13/246 (A-D), ZIN PH 19/246 (E-H) in labial (A, E), lingual (C, F), occlusal (D, G) views, and interpretive drawings in labial (B) and occlusal (H) views showing the wear facets with scratches.

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Skutschas et al, 2021, PLOS ONE (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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