The paranasal air sinuses of predatory and armored dinosaurs (Archosauria: Theropoda and ankylosauria) and their contribution to cephalic structure

Anatomical Record

Volumn 291, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1362-1388

  Witmer, Lawrence M ^a   Ridgely, Ryan C ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankylosaur; Bird; Computed tomography; Crocodilian; Dinosaur; Gross anatomy; Human; Paranasal sinus; Theropod

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DINOSAUR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAMMAL; OSTRICH; PARANASAL SINUS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DINOSAURS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; PARANASAL SINUSES; PHYLOGENY; SKULL; STRUTHIONIFORMES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58149347634     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20794     Document Type: Article

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