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Asymmetric suction feeding in primitive salamanders

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During suction feeding, the primitive aquatic salamandersCryptobranchus alleganiensis andAndrias japonicus frequently display asymmetric movements of the lower jaw and hyoid apparatus that have some similarity to working and blancing side kinematics of mammalian mastication.

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  1. Biology Department, Lehigh University, 18015, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA

    D. Cundall & J. Lorenz-Elwood

  2. Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 19104, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    J. D. Groves

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Cundall, D., Lorenz-Elwood, J. & Groves, J.D. Asymmetric suction feeding in primitive salamanders. Experientia 43, 1229–1231 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01945537

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