Long bone microstructure gives new insights into the life of pachypleurosaurids from the Middle Triassic of Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland/Italy

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 10, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 413-426

  Hugi, Jasmina ^a   Scheyer, Torsten M ^a   Sander, P Martin ^b   Klein, Nicole ^b   Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R ^a  

^a PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone histology; Ecology; Italy; Life history; Sauropterygia; Skeletogenesis; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BONE; BREEDING SEASON; CALCIFICATION; FACIES; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; HISTOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRESERVATION; REPTILE; SEXUAL MATURITY; TETHYS; TRIASSIC;

ITALY; MONTE SAN GIORGIO; SWITZERLAND; TICINO;

LACERTILIA; REPTILIA; SAUROPTERYGIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 80052666393     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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