Evaluation of long bone surface textures as ontogenetic indicators in centrosaurine ceratopsids

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1485-1500

  Tumarkin Deratzian, Allison R ^a  

^a Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Bone texture; Ceratopsian; Dinosaur; Ontogeny; Postcranial skeleton

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BONE STRUCTURE; BONE TISSUE; DINOSAUR; FEMUR; FIBULA; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; HUMERUS; LONG BONE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIBIA; ULNA;

AGING; ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; DINOSAURS; EXTREMITIES; FOSSILS; PALEONTOLOGY; SKELETON;

AVES; CERATOPSIA; CERATOPSIDAE; DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 73249127985     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20972     Document Type: Article

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