A nomenclature for vertebral fossae in sauropods and other saurischian dinosaurs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Wilson, Jeffrey A ^a   D'Emic, Michael D ^a   Ikejiri, Takehito ^a   Moacdieh, Emile M ^a   Whitlock, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; NOMENCLATURE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SAURISCHIAN DINOSAUR; SAUROPOD; SPINE; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRAL FOSSA; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT; AIR SAC; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; SAURISCHIA; SAUROPODA; SAUROPODOMORPHA; THEROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

AIR SACS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; DINOSAURS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; RATIONALIZATION; SPINE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 79952207072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017114     Document Type: Article

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