Surviving a potentially lethal injury? bite mark and associated trauma in the vertebra of a dyrosaurid crocodilian

Palaios

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-8

  Martin, Jeremy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROCODILIAN; INJURY; MARINE RECORD; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCENE; PALEONTOLOGY; SURVIVAL; VERTEBRATE;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DYROSAURIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 84873453145     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2012.p12-068r     Document Type: Article

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