MAMMALIAN MILK TEETH: PRESENCE AND PATTERNS............. 3
Introduction........................................ 3
Tooth development and replacement in extant orders
of mammals...................................... 5
The "typical” mammalian milk dentition............. 81
Conclusions......................................... 93
3. ALLOMETRY AND DENTAL ONTOGENY IN MUSTELIDS (CARNIVORA)..95
Rationale and approach............................. 96
Choice of organisms and measures.................99
Methods and materials............................. 102
Results............................................ 103
Discussion......................................... 106
4. ONTOGENY OF PREDATORY EFFICIENCY IN MUSTELA FRENATA 127
Methods and materials.............................. 128
Results............................................. 130
Discussion.......................................... 131
5. LACTATION, DIPHYODONTY, AND THE ATTAINMENT OF THE MAMMALIAN
GRADE.................................................145
The lactation-diphyodonty hypothesis...............146
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Reduction of tooth replacement in the
reptile-mammal transition........................... 147
Long-lived teeth versus short-lived beasts.......... 159
LITERATURE CITED.............................*................ 170
APPENDICES................................................... 218
1. STANDARDIZED TOOTH ERUPTION SEQUENCES IN MAMMALS...218
B. MUSEUM SPECIMENS EXAMINED.........................