Unexpected skeletal histology of an ichthyosaur from the middle jurassic of patagonia: Implications for evolution of bone microstructure among secondary aquatic tetrapods

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 241-244

  Talevi, Marianella ^a   Fernández, Marta S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE RÍO NEGRO   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bone histology; Ichthyosaurs; Middle Jurassic; Mollesaurus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY SHAPE; BONE; ECOMORPHOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE; SKELETON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; REPTILE; RIB;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BONE AND BONES; FOSSILS; REPTILES; RIBS;

CAYPULLISAURUS; CETACEA; ICHTHYOSAURUS; MOLLESAURUS; REPTILIA; SCOMBRIDAE; STENOPTERYGIUS; TETRAPODA;

EID: 84863723392     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-012-0886-4     Document Type: Article

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