Skeletal development in the chinese soft-shelled turtle Pelodiscus sinensis (Testudines: Trionychidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 270, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1381-1399

  Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R ^a   Müller, Hendrik ^a,b   Sheil, Christopher A ^c   Scheyer, Torsten M ^a   Nagashima, Hiroshi ^d   Kuratani, Shigeru ^d  

^a PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptodira; Growth; Heterochrony; Ossification sequence; Parsimov; Skeleton

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARTILAGE; CHONDROGENESIS; CLASSIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SKELETON; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CARTILAGE; CHONDROGENESIS; EXTREMITIES; OSTEOGENESIS; SKELETON; TURTLES;

APALONE SPINIFERA; CHELYDRIDAE; CRYPTODIRA; PELODISCUS SINENSIS; TESTUDINES; TRIONYCHIDAE;

EID: 70350128834     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10766     Document Type: Article

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