Bone histology of the titanosaur Lirainosaurus astibiae (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Latest Cretaceous of Spain

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-78

  Company, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bone microstructure; Dwarfism; Growth; Lirainosaurus; Peramorphosis; Titanosauria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY SIZE; BONE; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONTOGENY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DINOSAUR; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; DINOSAURS; PHYLOGENY; SPAIN;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

ALAMOSAURUS; DINOSAURIA; SAUROPODA; SAUROPODOMORPHA; TITANOSAURIA;

EID: 78751648786     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0742-3     Document Type: Article

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