The facial integument of centrosaurine ceratopsids: Morphological and histological correlates of novel skin structures

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1370-1396

  Hieronymus, Tobin L ^a,b   Witmer, Lawrence M ^a   Tanke, Darren H ^c   Currie, Philip J ^d  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Centrosaurinae; Ovibos; Pachyrhinosaurus; Papillary horn; Social selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTROSAURINE CERATOPSID; CLASSIFICATION; DINOSAUR; EPIDERMIS; FACE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HISTOLOGY; INTEGUMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN STRUCTURE; SKULL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; CLASSIFICATION; DINOSAURS; EPIDERMIS; EVOLUTION; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SKULL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AMNIOTA; BUCEROS VIGIL; CERATOPSIA; CERATOPSIDAE; DINOSAURIA; OVIBOS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS MOSCHATUS; RHINOCEROS; SYNCERUS; SYNCERUS CAFFER;

EID: 73249147114     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20985     Document Type: Article

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