Ossification patterns of cranial sutures in the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) (Sirenia, Trichechidae)

Aquatic Mammals

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-81

  Hoson, Osamu ^a   Kawada, Shin Ichiro ^b   Oda, Sen Ichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age related growth; Cranial sutures; Florida manatee; Osteological maturity; Trichechus manatus latirostris

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; CRANIUM; MORPHOLOGY; OSTEOLOGY; SIRENIAN; SKULL;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CRANIA; MAMMALIA; SIRENIA; TRICHECHIDAE; TRICHECHUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS;

EID: 70350324594     PISSN: 01675427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1578/AM.35.1.2009.72     Document Type: Article

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