Biological implications of the bone microstructure of the Late Cretaceous Ornithopod Dinosaur Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 355-368

  Cerda, Ignacio A ^a   Chinsamy, Anusuya ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; ONTOGENY; OSTEOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS;

PATAGONIA;

DINOSAURIA; GASPARINISAURA; GASPARINISAURA CINCOSALTENSIS; ORNITHOPODA;

EID: 84858196904     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.646804     Document Type: Review

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