Establishing a framework for archosaur cranial mechanics

Paleobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 494-515

  Rayfield, Emily J ^a   Milner, Angela C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; REPTILE; SKULL;

ANIMALIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DINOSAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 57049157650     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/07006.1     Document Type: Article

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