Internal vascularity of the dermal plates of Stegosaurus (Ornithischia, Thyreophora)

Swiss Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-185

  Farlow, James O ^a   Hayashi, Shoji ^b   Tattersall, Glenn J ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crocodylians; Infrared thermographic imaging; Osteoderms; Reptilian thermoregulation; Stegosaurus; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BLOOD; CALCIUM; CROCODILIAN; DINOSAUR; EGGSHELL; HEAT FLUX; IMAGING METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; PETROGRAPHY; SKIN; THERMOREGULATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

ALLIGATOR; CAIMAN; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DINOSAURIA; ORNITHISCHIA; REPTILIA; STEGOSAURUS;

EID: 77956676124     PISSN: 16618726     EISSN: 16618734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00015-010-0021-5     Document Type: Article

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