Cartilaginous epiphyses in extant archosaurs and their implications for reconstructing limb function in dinosaurs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-16

  Holliday, Casey M ^a   Ridgely, Ryan C ^b   Sedlmayr, Jayc C ^c   Witmer, Lawrence M ^b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BONE REMODELING; CARTILAGINOUS TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOSAUR; EPIPHYSIS; FEMUR; FOSSIL; HUMERUS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOTOMY; OSTRICH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH PLATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALLIGATORINAE; AVES; COELUROSAURIA; DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA; STRUTHIONIFORMES; TETRAPODA;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BIRDS; EXTREMITIES; FOSSILS; GROWTH PLATE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 77958550072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013120     Document Type: Article

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