Potential For Intracranial Movements in Pterosaurs

Anatomical Record

Volumn 294, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 813-830

  Prondvai, Edina ^a   Osi, Attila ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Institute and Museum of Military History Budapest   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cranial kinesis; Joint morphology; Pterosaur; Streptostyly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRUCTURE; CRANIAL KINESIS; JOINT; KINEMATICS; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; OSSIFICATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; SKULL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICS; DINOSAURS; JOINTS; KINESIS; PHYLOGENY; SKULL;

PTERODACTYLOIDEA; PTEROSAURIA; RHAMPHORHYNCHUS; SAURIA;

EID: 79955878005     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21376     Document Type: Article

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