The parabasisphenoid complex in mesozoic turtles and the evolution of the testudinate basicranium

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1337-1346

  Sterli, Juliana ^a   Müller, Johannes ^b   Anquetin, Jérémy ^c   Hilger, André ^d  

^a Museo Egidio Feruglio   (Argentina)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; INTERNAL CAROTID; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MESOZOIC; MICRO CT;

HEMODYNAMICS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EXTINCTION; MESOZOIC; SKULL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TOMOGRAPHY; TURTLE;

EUROPE;

AMNIOTA; PLESIOCHELYS; PLEUROSTERNON BULLOCKII; TESTUDINES;

EID: 78149289112     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E10-061     Document Type: Article

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