Cranial pathologies in a specimen of pachycephalosaurus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Peterson, Joseph E ^a   Vittore, Christopher P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b Rockford Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCHOSAUR; ARTICLE; BONE INFECTION; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; PACHYCEPHALOSAURUS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; SKULL DISEASE; SKULL INJURY; TAPHONOMY; ANIMAL; BONE DISEASE; INJURY; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL;

PACHYCEPHALOSAURIDAE; PACHYCEPHALOSAURUS WYOMINGENSIS;

ANIMALS; BONE DISEASES; BONE RESORPTION; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84860467688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036227     Document Type: Article

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