Life history of rhamphorhynchus inferred from bone histology and the diversity of pterosaurian growth strategies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Prondvai, Edina ^a   Stein, Koen ^b   Osi, Attila ^a   Sander, Martin P ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARBOREAL SPECIES; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BONE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FLYING; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; HATCHLING; HISTOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PLASTICITY; PTEROSAUR; REPRODUCTION; REPTILE; AGE DETERMINATION; ANIMAL; BONE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

PTEROSAURIA; RHAMPHORHYNCHUS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; REPTILES;

EID: 84857098085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031392     Document Type: Article

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