On the bone histology of some Triassic pseudosuchian archosaurs and related taxa;L'histologie osseuse de quelques archosauriens pseudosuchiens triasiques et formes apparentées

Annales de Paleontologie

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 67-101

  de Ricqlès, Aramand J ^a,b   Padian, Kevin ^c   Horner, John R ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archosauria; Bone histology; Crocodylia; Growth rates; Pseudosuchia

Indexed keywords

BONE; CROCODILIAN; HISTOLOGY; TRIASSIC;

ALLIGATOR; ARCHOSAURIA; ARCHOSAURIFORMES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLOMORPHA; DINOSAURIA;

EID: 0038161261     PISSN: 07533969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0753-3969(03)00005-3     Document Type: Article

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