Osteology and skeletal development of Apalone spinifera (Reptilia: Testudines: Trionychidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-78

  Sheil, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Apalone spinifera; Chondrification; Chondrocranium; Developmental sequence; Ossification; Testudines; Trionychidae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SKULL; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EXTREMITIES; OSTEOGENESIS; SKULL; TURTLES;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; APALONE SPINIFERA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELYDRA SERPENTINA; CHRYSEMYS; CHRYSEMYS PICTA; EMYS; EMYS ORBICULARIS; LACERTA; MYA ARENARIA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHIDAE; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 0037379272     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10074     Document Type: Article

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