Cranial histology of pachycephalosaurs (Ornithischia: Marginocephalia) reveals transitory structures inconsistent with head-butting behavior

Paleobiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 253-267

  Goodwin, Mark B ^a,b   Horner, John R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; CRANIUM; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FIGHTING; PALEONTOLOGY;

DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; PACHYCEPHALOSAURIDAE;

EID: 2442486985     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2004)030<0253:CHOPOM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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