Occipital Ossification of Balaenopteroid Mysticetes

Anatomical Record

Volumn 294, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 391-398

  Walsh, Breda M ^a   Berta, Annalisa ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mysticete; Occiput; Ossification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BALAENOPTERA; BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; BASIOCCIPITAL JOINT; BASISPHENOID JOINT; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS; JOINT; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL BONE; ONTOGENY; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CETACEA; OCCIPITAL BONE; OSTEOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; WHALES;

BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; BALAENOPTERIDAE; ESCHRICHTIIDAE; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS; MAMMALIA; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 79951740985     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21340     Document Type: Article

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