First investigation of the collagen D-band ultrastructure in fossilized vertebrate integument

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1648, 2008, Pages 2207-2212

  Lingham Soliar, Theagarten ^a   Wesley Smith, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Collagen D band ultrastructure; Fibres; Ichthyosaur

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; COLLAGEN; PHOSPHATE;

CALCITE; COLLAGEN; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; MINERALIZATION; MUSEUM; PHOSPHATE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURVIVAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERTEBRATE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOSAUR; FIBER; FOSSIL; INTEGUMENT; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURVIVAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERTEBRATE;

DINOSAURIA; ICHTHYOSAURUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 49749115241     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0489     Document Type: Article

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