Do egg-laying crocodilian (Alligator mississippiensis) archosaurs form medullary bone?

Bone

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1152-1158

  Schweitzer, M H ^a,b   Elsey, R M ^c   Dacke, C G ^d   Horner, J R ^e   Lamm, E T ^e  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archosaur; Bird; Crocodile; Dinosaur; Medullary bone; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BONE MARROW; CLADISTICS; DINOSAUR; EGG LAYING; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LONG BONE; MESOZOIC; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OVIDUCT; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; DINOSAURS; EGG SHELL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; MALE; OOGENESIS; OVIPOSITION;

EID: 33847726258     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2006.10.029     Document Type: Article

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