Limb bone histology and growth in Placerias hesternus (Therapsida: Anomodontia) from the Upper Triassic of North America

Palaeontology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 347-364

  Green, Jeremy L ^a,b   Schweitzer, Mary H ^a,b   Lamm, Ellen Therese ^a,c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Museum of the Rockies   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone histology; Dicynodont; Growth; Ontogeny; Placerias hesternus; Therapsid; Triassic

Indexed keywords

BONE; GROWTH RATE; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; REPTILE; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC; TYPE SPECIMEN;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

ANOMODONTIA; LYSTROSAURUS; OUDENODON; THERAPSIDA;

EID: 77952020058     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00944.x     Document Type: Article

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