Modified laminar bone in Ampelosaurus atacis and other titanosaurs (Sauropoda): Implications for life history and physiology

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Klein, Nicole ^a   Sander, P Martin ^a   Stein, Koen ^a   Loeuff, Jean ^b   Carballido, Jose L ^c   Buffetaut, Eric ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Musee des Dinosaures   (France)

^c MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALAMOSAURUS; AMPELOSAURUS ATACIS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BONE GROWTH; BONE LENGTH; BONE MATRIX; BONE MATURATION; BONE REMODELING; BONE TISSUE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DENSITY; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GROWTH RATE; HISTOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY; LIRAINOSAURUS; LONG BONE; MAGYAROSAURUS; METABOLIC RATE; MODIFIED LAMINAR FIBROLAMELLAR BONE; NEOSAUROPOD; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHUWIANGOSAURUS; PLESIOMORPHY; TAXONOMY; TITANOSAUR; VASCULAR DENSITY;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; LIFE;

ALAMOSAURUS; ANIMALIA; PHUWIANGOSAURUS; SAUROPODA; TITANOSAURIA;

EID: 84861206420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036907     Document Type: Article

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