The evolution of dinosaur tooth enamel microstructure

Biological Reviews

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 183-216

  Hwang, Sunny H ^a  

^a NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinosaur teeth; Enamel microstructure; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DINOSAUR; ENAMEL; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOOTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DENTAL ENAMEL; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; TOOTH;

DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; ORNITHISCHIA; REPTILIA; SAUROPODOMORPHA; THEROPODA;

EID: 78751694294     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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