The paleohistology of pterosaur bone: An overview

Zitteliana Reihe B: Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung fur Palaontologie und Geologie

Volumn , Issue 28, 2008, Pages 109-125

  Steel, Lorna ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bone; Fibrolamellar; Histology; Ontogeny; Pterosaurs; Thin sections

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; HISTOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; ONTOGENY; PALEONTOLOGY; PTEROSAUR; SKELETON;

AVES; PTERODACTYLOIDEA; PTEROSAURIA;

EID: 61949347896     PISSN: 16124138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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