Palaeobiological implications of the bone histology of Pterodaustro guinazui

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1462-1477

  Chinsamy, Anusuya ^a   Codorniú, Laura ^b   Chiappe, Luis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^c NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone histology; Bone microstructure; Pterodaustro growth; Pterosaur

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MARROW; BONE STRUCTURE; BONE TISSUE; CRETACEOUS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEMUR; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SEXUAL MATURITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGING; ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CALCIUM; DINOSAURS; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; MALE; PALEONTOLOGY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKELETON;

AVES; PTERODACTYLOIDEA; PTERODAUSTRO GUINAZUI;

EID: 73249132953     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20990     Document Type: Article

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