Analysis of fossil bone organic matrix by transmission electron microscopy

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 10, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 357-366

  Zylberberg, Louise ^a   Laurin, Michel ^b  

^a Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Collagen; Fossil bone; Palaeohistology; TEM; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

AGE; BONE; COLLAGEN; DEVONIAN; FINFISH; FOSSIL RECORD; HISTOLOGY; JURASSIC; MATRIX; MINERALIZATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DINOSAURIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80052660456     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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