Palaeoecological and morphofunctional interpretation of bone mass increase: An example in Late Cretaceous shallow marine squamates

Biological Reviews

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 117-139

  Houssaye, Alexandra ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic life; Bone mass increase (BMI); Late Cretaceous; Locomotion; Microanatomy; Osteosclerosis; Pachyostosis; Palaeoecology; Squamates

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPTILE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BONE DENSITY; FOSSILS; REPTILES;

MOSASAUROIDEA; PACHYOPHIIDAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84871752262     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2012.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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