Intravascular microstructures in trabecular bone tissues of Tyrannosaurus rex

Annales de Paleontologie

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 179-192

  Schweitzer, Mary Higby ^a   Horner, John R ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinosaur; Intravascular structures; Organic reservation; Tyrannosaurus

Indexed keywords

BONE; DINOSAUR; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DINOSAURIA; REPTILIA; TYRANNOSAURUS; TYRANNOSAURUS REX;

EID: 0033165701     PISSN: 07533969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0753-3969(99)80013-5     Document Type: Article

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