Axial skeleton ontogeny in the parasuchia (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) and its implications for ontogenetic determination in Archosaurs

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 350-361

  Irmis, Randall B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROCODILIAN; FOSSIL RECORD; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; ONTOGENY; PALEONTOLOGY; SKELETON;

ARCHOSAURIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES);

EID: 34447104236     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[350:ASOITP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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