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Saws, Scissors, and Sharks: Late Paleozoic Experimentation with Symphyseal Dentition. The Anatomical Record, 303(2), 363–376
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Tapanila, L. & Pruitt, J. (2019)
Redefining species concepts for the Pennsylvanian scissor tooth shark, Edestus. PLoS ONE, 14(9), Article e0220958
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O'Leary, M.A. & Bouaré, M.L. & Claeson, K.M. & Heilbronn, K. & Hill, R.V. & Mccartney, J.A. & Sessa, J.A. & Sissoko, F. & Tapanila, L. & Wheeler, E.A. & Roberts, E.M. (2019)
Stratigraphy and paleobiology of the Upper Cretaceous-Lower Paleogene sediments from the Trans-Saharan Seaway in Mali. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 436, 1–177

Ramsay, J.B. & Wilga, C.D. & Tapanila, L. & Pruitt, J. & Pradel, A. & Schlader, R. & Didier, D.A. (2015)
Eating with a saw for a jaw: Functional morphology of the jaws and tooth-whorl in Helicoprion davisii. Journal of Morphology, 276(1), 47–64
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Hill, R.V. & Roberts, E.M. & Tapanila, L. & Bouaré, M.L. & Sissoko, F. & O'Leary, M.A. (2015)
Multispecies shark feeding in the trans-saharan seaway: evidence from late cretaceous dyrosaurid (Crocodyliformes) fossils from northeastern Mali. Palaios, 30(7), 589–596
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Ramsay, J.B. & Wilga, C.D. & Tapanila, L. & Pruitt, J. & Pradel, A. & Schlader, R. & Didier, D.A. (2014)
Mechanics of the Jaws and Tooth-Whorl of Helicoprion davisii, the whorl-toothed ratfish [Abstract]. Integrative and Comparative Biology: 54(IS Suppl. 1): E172

Tapanila, L. & Pruitt, J. & Pradel, A. & Wilga, C.D. & Ramsay, J.B. & Schlader, R. & Didier, D.A. (2013)
Jaws for a spiral-tooth whorl, CT images reveal novel adaptation and phylogeny in fossil Helicoprion. Biology Letters, 9(2), Article 20130057
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Tapanila, L. & Pruitt, J. (2013)
Unraveling Species Concepts for the Helicoprion Tooth Whorl. Journal of Paleontology, 87(6), 965–983
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Claeson, K.M. & O'Leary, M.A. & Roberts, E.M. & Sissoko, F. & Bouaré, M. & Tapanila, L. & Goodwin, D. & Gottfried, M.D. (2010)
First Mesozoic Record of the Stingray Myliobatis wurnoensis from Mali and a Phylogenetic Analysis of Myliobatidae Incorporating Dental Characters. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 55(4), 655–674
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