Postcranial pneumaticity: An evaluation of soft-tissue influences on the postcranial skeleton and the reconstruction of pulmonary anatomy in archosaurs

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 5: Water Pollution

Volumn 267, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1199-1226

  O'Connor, Patrick M ^a,b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sacs; Archosauria; Dinosauria; Pneumaticity; Postcranial skeleton

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; AIR SAC; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BLOOD VESSEL; BONE; CYTOLOGY; DINOSAUR; DIVERTICULOSIS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; LUNG; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL; SPINE;

ABDOMEN; AIR SACS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BLOOD VESSELS; BONE AND BONES; DINOSAURS; DIVERTICULUM; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; FOSSILS; LUNG; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; SPINE;

ARCHOSAURIA; ARCHOSAURIFORMES; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DINOSAURIA; ERYTHROSUCHUS AFRICANUS; SAURISCHIA; SAUROPODA; SAUROPSIDA; SQUAMATA; THEROPODA;

EID: 33947307764     PISSN: 14336863     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10470     Document Type: Article

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