A large archosauriform tooth with multiple supernumerary carinae from the Upper Triassic of New Mexico (USA), with comments on carina development and anomalies in the Archosauria

Historical Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 57-65

  Beatty, Brian Lee ^a   Heckert, Andrew B ^b  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archosauriformes; Odontogenesis; Paleopathology; Rauisuchia

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REPTILE; TOOTH; TRIASSIC;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARCHOSAURIA; ARCHOSAURIFORMES; CARINAE; DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; RAUISUCHIA; SAURIA; THEROPODA;

EID: 70449331274     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: 10292381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912960903154511     Document Type: Article

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