Bone histology indicates insular dwarfism in a new Late Jurassic sauropod dinosaur

Nature

Volumn 441, Issue 7094, 2006, Pages 739-741

  Martin Sander, P ^a   Mateus, Octávio ^b   Laven, Thomas ^c   Knötschke, Nils ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c Dinosaurier Freilichtmuseum Münchehagen ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BONE; MARINE BIOLOGY;

FOSSILS; INSULAR DWARFISM; SAUROPOD DINOSAURS; SKELETONS;

HISTOLOGY;

BONE; DINOSAUR; GROWTH RATE; HISTOLOGY; JURASSIC; JUVENILE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE GROWTH; CORTICAL BONE; DINOSAUR; DWARFISM; FOSSIL; GERMANY; GROWTH RATE; HISTOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; SKULL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TIBIA;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY BASIN; NORTH GERMAN BASIN;

ANIMALIA; DINOSAURIA; MACRONARIA; SAUROPODA;

EID: 33745001444     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04633     Document Type: Article

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