Sexual maturity in growing dinosaurs does not fit reptilian growth models

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 582-587

  Lee, Andrew H ^a,b   Werning, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird; Bone histology; Life history; Medullary bone; Reproductive strategy

Indexed keywords

ALLOSAURUS; ARTICLE; BIRD; DINOSAUR; FEMUR; GROWTH CURVE; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SEXUAL MATURITY; TENONTOSAURUS; TIBIA; TYRANNOSAURUS;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BONE AND BONES; DINOSAURS; ELEPHANTS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; GROWTH; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; REPTILES; SHREWS;

ALLOSAURUS; AVES; DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; ORNITHISCHIA; REPTILIA; SAURISCHIA; TYRANNOSAURUS; TYRANNOSAURUS REX;

EID: 38649125203     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0708903105     Document Type: Article

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