Aging the oldest turtles: The placodont affinities of Priscochelys hegnabrunnensis

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 803-810

  Scheyer, Torsten M ^a  

^a PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bone histology; Neutron tomography; Placodontia; Stratigraphic gap; Testudinata

Indexed keywords

AGING; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BONE; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; SHELL; TOMOGRAPHY; TRIASSIC; TURTLE; TYPE SPECIMEN;

AGING; ARTICLE; BONE BLOOD FLOW; CANCELLOUS BONE; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GERMANY; PALEONTOLOGY; SEAWATER; TURTLES;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

PLACODONTIA; SAURIA; SAUROPTERYGIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 50849084461     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0386-8     Document Type: Article

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