Ontogeny of the partial secondary wall of the otoccipital region of the endocranium in prehatching Alligator mississippiensis (Archosauria, Crocodylia)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 266, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 319-330

  Klembara, Jozef ^a  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Alligator mississippiensis; Ontogeny; Otic region; Phylogeny; Skull

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; EAR; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SKULL;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; EAR; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MORPHOGENESIS; SKULL;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ARCHOSAURIA; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); LAMIINAE; PILA; REPTILIA;

EID: 30744462060     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10380     Document Type: Article

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