Mesozoic avian bone microstructure: Physiological implications

Paleobiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 561-574

  Dodson, Peter ^c  

^a IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MICROSTRUCTURE; ENANTIORNITHES; MESOZOIC; PATAGOPTERYX DEFERRARIISI;

EID: 0029541518     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: 19385331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0094837300013543     Document Type: Article

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