Ontogenetic change of bone microstructures and its ethological implication in Champsosaurus (Diapsida, Choristodera)

Historical Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 380-386

  Katsura, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a Gifu Prefectural Museum   (Japan)

Author keywords

Champsosaurus; Ethology; Histology; Late Cretaceous Early Eocene; North America

Indexed keywords

BONE; CRETACEOUS; EOCENE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; REPTILE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

LATIN AMERICA;

CHORISTODERA; SAURIA;

EID: 78049514144     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: 10292381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912961003637066     Document Type: Article

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