Fibrolamellar bone in wild adult Alligator mississippiensis

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 341-345

  Tumarkin Deratzian, Allison R ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ANIMALIA; ARCHOSAURIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES);

EID: 34250794484     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2007)41[341:FBIWAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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