Different growth patterns between the skeleton and osteoderms of stegosaurus (ornithischia: Thyreophora)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 123-131

  Hayashi, Shoji ^a   Carpenter, Kenneth ^b   Suzuki, Daisuke ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; GROWTH RATE; HISTOLOGY; ONTOGENY; REPTILE; SKELETON;

ORNITHISCHIA; STEGOSAURUS;

EID: 65349163320     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2009.10010366     Document Type: Article

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