On the dinosaurian origin of birds and of their endothermy : The histologi-cal arguments;L'origine dinosaurienne des oiseaux et de l'endothermie avienne : Ies arguments histologiques

Annee Biologique

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 69-100

  De Ricqlès, Armand ^a,b  

^a l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Birds; Bone histology; Dinosaurs; Endothermy; Lines of arrested growth; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845192247     PISSN: 00035017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-5017(00)80002-1     Document Type: Article

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