Cranial ontogeny in Stegoceras validum (dinosauria: Pachycephalosauria): A quantitative model of pachycephalosaur dome growth and variation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Schott, Ryan K ^a   Evans, David C ^a,b   Goodwin, Mark B ^c   Horner, John R ^d   Brown, Caleb Marshall ^a   Longrich, Nicholas R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; ALLOMETRY; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE BLOOD FLOW; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOSAUR; FRONTAL LOBE; GROWTH CURVE; HISTOMETRY; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; ORGAN SIZE; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; ORNATOTHOLUS BROWNI; PALEONTOLOGY; PARIETAL LOBE; PLESIOMORPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKULL DEVELOPMENT; STEGOCERAS VALIDUM; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPORAL LOBE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; SKULL;

DINOSAURIA; ORNATOTHOLUS BROWNI; ORNITHISCHIA; STEGOCERAS; STEGOCERAS VALIDUM;

ANIMALS; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; SKULL;

EID: 79959646114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021092     Document Type: Article

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