Inferring age and growth from remains of fossil and predated recent anurans: A test case using skeletochronology

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1689-1695

  Esteban, Marisa ^a   Castanet, Jacques ^b   Sanchiz, Borja ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHRONOLOGY; FROG; GROWTH; PALEONTOLOGY; RAPTOR; SKELETAL REMAINS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; AVES; BALEARICA; DISCOGLOSSIDAE; DISCOGLOSSUS GALGANOI; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; TYRO; TYTO ALBA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032449120     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-098     Document Type: Article

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