Noninvasive histological comparison of bone growth patterns among fossil and extant neonatal elephantids using synchrotron radiation X-ray microtomography

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 939-955

  Curtin, Amanda J ^a   MacDowell, Alastair A ^b   Schaible, Eric G ^b   Roth, V Louise ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOSSIL; GROWTH; HISTOLOGY; MAMMOTH; NEONATE; SKELETON; TAXONOMY; TOMOGRAPHY;

DINOSAURIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; LOXODONTA; SAUROPODA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 84863584378     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.672388     Document Type: Article

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