Tyrannosaur ageing

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 214-217

  Ricklefs, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Albertosaurus; Bird; Growth rate; Lifespan; Mammal; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AGING; BIRD; BODY MASS; DINOSAUR; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOSSIL; GROWTH RATE; LIFE TABLE; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; DINOSAUR; LIFESPAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

AVES; MAMMALIA; TARBOSAURUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 45849153800     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0597     Document Type: Article

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