Variation in dinosaur skeletochronology indicators: Implications for age assessment and physiology

Paleobiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 295-304

  Horner, John R ^a   De Ricqlès, Armand ^b,c   Padian, Kevin ^d  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; MORPHOLOGY;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; HYPACROSAURUS; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 0033393965     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0094837300021308     Document Type: Article

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