Pedicellate teeth

Pedicellate teeth are a tooth morphology today unique to modern amphibians, but also seen in a variety of extinct labyrinthodonts. Pedicellate teeth consist of a tooth crown and a base (both composed of dentine) separated by a layer of uncalcified dentine.

Further reading

• Greven, Hartmut (1989). "Teeth of extant amphibia: morphology and some implications". Progress in Zoology. 35: 451–455.
• Davit-Béal, Tiphaine; Chisaka, Hideki; Delgado, Sidney; Sire, Jean-Yves (2007). "Amphibian teeth: current knowledge, unanswered questions, and some directions for future research". Biological Reviews. 82 (1): 49–81. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.2006.00003.x. PMID 17313524. S2CID 9251659.

External links

• http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Palaeofiles/Fossilgroups/Amphibia/characters.html