Lines of arrested growth and long bone histology in Pleistocene large mammals from Germany: What do they tell us about dinosaur physiology?

Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie

Volumn 277, Issue 1-6, 2006, Pages 143-159

  Sander, P Martin ^a   Andrássy, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone histology; Lines of arrested growth; Mammalia; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

BONE; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL RECORD; PHYSIOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

GERMANY;

EID: 37849189221     PISSN: 03750442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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