The circumorbital bones of the gekkota (reptilia: squamata)

Anatomical Record

Volumn 293, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 402-413

  Daza, Juan Diego ^a   Bauer, Aaron Matthew ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative anatomy; Cranial osteology; CT scan; Myology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; LACRIMAL GLAND; NONHUMAN; ORBIT; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SPECIES;

ANIMALS; FRONTAL BONE; LIZARDS; ORBIT; REPTILES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

GEKKOTA; LEPIDOSAURIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77149175682     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21039     Document Type: Article

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