Ontogenetic stages in the long bone histology of sauropod dinosaurs

Paleobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-263

  Klein, Nicole ^a   Sander, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DINOSAUR; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; ONTOGENY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY;

APATOSAURUS; CAMARASAURUS; DINOSAURIA; DIPLODOCIDAE; DIPLODOCUS; MACRONARIA; PHUWIANGOSAURUS; SAUROPODA;

EID: 45249118867     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2008)034[0247:OSITLB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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