Vestigial skeletal structures in dinosaurs

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 280, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-71

  Senter, P ^a  

^a FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinosauria; Ornithischia; Saurischia; Theropoda; Vestigial organs; Vestigial structures

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOMOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SKELETAL REMAINS;

ANKYLOSAURIA; AVES; CAUDIPTERYX; CERATOPSIA; CERATOPSIDAE; DINOSAURIA; IGUANODONTIA; ORNITHISCHIA; SAURISCHIA; SAUROPODA; SHUVUUIA; THEROPODA; TYRANNOSAURIDAE;

EID: 73349091529     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00640.x     Document Type: Article

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