Ontogenetic histology of Stegosaurus plates and spikes

Palaeontology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 145-161

  Hayashi, Shoji ^a   Carpenter, Kenneth ^b   Watabe, Mahito ^c   McWhinney, Lorrie A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Prehistoric Museum   (United States)

^c HAYASHIBARA BIOCHEMICAL LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

^d DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone histology; Function; Growth; Osteoderms; Stegosaurus; Upper Jurassic; Western USA

Indexed keywords

BONE; DINOSAUR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GROWTH FORM; HISTOLOGY; JURASSIC; ONTOGENY; SKELETON; THERMOREGULATION;

UNITED STATES;

DINOSAURIA; STEGOSAURUS;

EID: 84855600955     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01122.x     Document Type: Article

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