Histological observations of Enantiornithine bone (Saurischia, Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous of Las Hoyas (Spain)

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 685-691

  Cambra Moo, Oscar ^a   Buscalioni, Ángela Delgado ^a   Cubo, Jorge ^b   Castanet, Jacques ^b   Loth, Marie Madeleine ^b   de Margerie, Emmanuel ^b   de Ricqlès, Armand ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Enantiornithines; Histology; Lines of Arrested Growth (LAGs); Osteocyte lacunae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOLOGY;

BIRD; CRETACEOUS; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; DINOSAUR; HISTOLOGY; MASS EXTINCTION; NEW RECORD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; SAURISCHIA;

EID: 33745558108     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2005.12.018     Document Type: Article

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