Bone lesions in hadrosaurs: Computed tomographic imaging as a guide for paleohistology and Stable-Isotopic analysis

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 315-325

  Straight, William H ^a   Davis, Gustave L ^b   Skinner, H Catherine W ^c   Haims, Andrew ^b   Mcclennan, Bruce L ^b   Tanke, Darren H ^d  

^a NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL RECORD; INJURY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEONTOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOMOGRAPHY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DINOSAURIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67651100858     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0211     Document Type: Article

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