Adaptations for marine habitat and the effect of triassic and jurassic predator pressure on development of decompression syndrome in ichthyosaurs

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 443-448

  Rothschild, B M ^a,b,c   Xiaoting, Z ^d,e   Martin, L D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b SECTION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY   (United States)

^c NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Tianyu Natural History Museum   (China)

^e LINYI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Caisson disease; Ichthyosaurs; Triassic

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CRETACEOUS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HABITAT TYPE; JURASSIC; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PREDATOR; PRESSURE EFFECT; SKELETON; TRIASSIC; TURTLE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; FOOD CHAIN; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPTILE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; FOOD CHAIN; FOSSILS; OSTEONECROSIS; REPTILES;

REPTILIA; SAUROPTERYGIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84863724239     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-012-0918-0     Document Type: Article

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