Durophagy is the eating behavior of animals that consume hard-shelled or exoskeleton-bearing organisms, such as corals, shelled mollusks, or crabs. It...

as well as the sapheosaurs which had broad tooth plates indicative of durophagy. Rhynchocephalians disappeared from Asia after the Early Jurassic. The...

that the lungfishes had adapted to a diet including hard-shelled prey (durophagy) very early in their evolution. The earliest lungfish were marine. Almost...

convergence: variable changes in cranial structures underlie transitions to durophagy in moray eels". The American Naturalist. 183 (6): E168–184. doi:10.1086/675810...

Araneophagy: eating spiders Avivore: eating birds Corallivore: eating coral Durophagy: eating hard-shelled or exoskeleton bearing organisms Egg predator: eating...

"50-Million-Year-Old Fossil Helps Clarify Origin of Pelagic Lifestyle and Durophagy in Stingrays | Sci.News". Sci.News: Breaking Science News. Retrieved 2023-11-27...

pelomedusids, and chelids. Due to the association of megacephaly with durophagy, megacephaly more commonly occurs in carnivorous species and much less...

of functions depending on the species, including grinding, crushing (durophagy), tearing, clutching, and even cutting. Hybodonts are characterized by...

Rheingantz, M. L. (2016). "Reptiles as principal prey? Adaptations for durophagy and prey selection by jaguar (Panthera onca)". Journal of Natural History...

around the end of the Ordovician. There is some evidence of adaptation to durophagy during the Palaeozoic, particularly in crinoids. The Mesozoic marine revolution...