The antler-like appendages of the primitive deer Dicrocerus elegans: Morphology, growth cycle, ontogeny, and sexual dimorphism

Estudios Geologicos

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 579-602

  Azanza, B ^a,b   DeMiguel, D ^c   Andres M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEONTOLOGIA MIQUEL CRUSAFONT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antlers; Histology; Miocene; Ruminantia; Sansan

Indexed keywords

DEER; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; HISTOLOGY; HOMOLOGY; MINERALIZATION; MIOCENE; MORPHOTYPE; ONTOGENY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

FRANCE;

BOVIDAE; CERVIDAE; RUMINANTIA;

EID: 84858010557     PISSN: 03670449     EISSN: 19883250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/egeol.40559.207     Document Type: Article

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