Sizing the jurassic theropod dinosaur Allosaurus: Assessing growth strategy and evolution of ontogenetic scaling of limbs

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 267, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 347-359

  Bybee, Paul J ^a   Lee, Andrew H ^b   Lamm, Ellen Thérèse ^c  

^a UTAH VALLEY STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Allosaurus; Bone histology; Growth dynamics; Scaling; Theropod evolution

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; BONE; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; PHYLOGENY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; BONE AND BONES; DINOSAURS; EVOLUTION; EXTREMITIES; PHYLOGENY;

ALLOSAURUS; DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA; TYRANNOSAURIDAE;

EID: 33645541694     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10406     Document Type: Article

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