The evolution and function of thyreophoran dinosaur scutes: Implications for plate function in stegosaurs

Paleobiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 291-314

  Main, Russell P ^a   de Ricqlès, Armand ^b,c   Horner, John R ^d   Padian, Kevin ^e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

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

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; RECOGNITION;

DINOSAURIA; SCELIDOSAURUS; STEGOSAURIA; STEGOSAURUS;

EID: 21344452076     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2005)031[0291:TEAFOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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