Decompression syndrome in plesiosaurs (Sauropterygia: Reptilia)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 324-328

  Rothschild, Bruce M ^a,b,c,d   Storrs, Glenn W ^e  

^a ARTHRITIS CENTER OF NORTHEAST OHIO   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^e Cincinnati Museum Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DECOMPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; REPTILE; RESPIRATION;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOCLIDIDAE; PLESIOSAURIA; REPTILIA; SAUROPTERYGIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042665559     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2003)023[0324:DSIPSR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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