Shell bone histology indicates terrestrial palaeoecology of basal turtles

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1620, 2007, Pages 1885-1893

  Scheyer, Torsten M ^a,b   Sander, P Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bone histology; Palaeoecology; Proganochelys quenstedti; Proterochersis robusta; Testudinata

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BONE; FOSSIL RECORD; HISTOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; OSTEOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; SHELL; SKELETAL REMAINS; TRIASSIC; TURTLE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGANOCHELYS QUENSTEDTI; PROTEROCHERSIS ROBUSTA; TURTLE;

CHELYDRIDAE; PROGANOCHELYS QUENSTEDTI; TESTUDINES;

EID: 34548507681     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0499     Document Type: Article

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