Growth dynamics of Australia's polar dinosaurs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Woodward, Holly N ^a   Rich, Thomas H ^b,d   Chinsamy, Anusuya ^c   Vickers Rich, Patricia ^d  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BONE MATURATION; BONE MICROSTRUCTURE; DINOSAUR; GROWTH RATE; HIBERNATION; LATITUDE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; ORNITHOPOD; POLAR DINOSAUR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; THEROPOD; ANIMAL; FOSSIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

DINOSAURIA; ORNITHOPODA; THEROPODA;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS;

EID: 79961066248     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023339     Document Type: Article

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