Paleohistological estimation of bone growth rate in extinct archosaurs

Paleobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 335-349

  Cubo, Jorge ^a,b   Le Roy, Nathalie ^c   Martinez Maza, Cayetana ^a,b,d   Montes, Laetitia ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BONE; CROCODILIAN; DINOSAUR; DIVERGENCE; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; GROWTH RATE; HISTOLOGY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PTEROSAUR; SEXUAL MATURITY; TAXONOMY;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATORINAE; AMNIOTA; ARCHOSAURIA; AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CRUROTARSI; DINOSAURIA; ORNITHODIRA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84859583345     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/08093.1     Document Type: Article

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