Dinosaurian growth rates and bird-origins

Nature

Volumn 412, Issue 6845, 2001, Pages 405-408

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE;

REPTILES;

BIODIVERSITY;

DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; GROWTH RATE; HISTOLOGY;

BIRD; BODY GROWTH; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BONE AND BONES; EVOLUTION; REPTILES;

EID: 0035954739     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35086500     Document Type: Review

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