The ontogeny of the shell in side-necked turtles, with emphasis on the homologies of costal and neural bones

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 269, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1008-1021

  Scheyer, Torsten M ^a   Brüllmann, Benjamin ^b   Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R ^a  

^a PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chelidae; Development; Emydura; Pleurodira; Skeleton; Testudines

Indexed keywords

CHELIDAE; EMYDURA; EMYDURA SUBGLOBOSA; PLEURODIRA; TESTUDINES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; RIB; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOGENESIS; RIBS; SPINE; TURTLES;

EID: 50349094207     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10637     Document Type: Article

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