Ontogenetic development of Telmatosaurus transsylvanicus (Ornitischia: Hadrosauria) from the Maastrichtian of the Hateg Basin, Romania - Evidence from the limb bones

Hantkeniana

Volumn , Issue 5, 2006, Pages 20-26

  Grigorescu, Dan ^a   Csiki, Zoltan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Hadrosauridae; Hatchlings; Hateg Basin; Maastrichtian; Ontogeny; Telmatosaurus

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BONE; DINOSAUR; GROWTH RATE; LIMB; MAASTRICHTIAN; MORPHOLOGY; NEST SITE; ONTOGENY; SKELETON;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HATEG BASIN; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

HADROSAURIDAE; MEGALOOLITHIDAE; TELMATOSAURUS;

EID: 37549064762     PISSN: 12193933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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