Bone histology of the stegosaur Kentrosaurus aethiopicus (Ornithischia: Thyreophora) from the upper Jurassic of Tanzania

Anatomical Record

Volumn 296, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 933-952

  Redelstorff, Ragna ^a   Hübner, Tom R ^b   Chinsamy, Anusuya ^a   Sander, P Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fibro lamellar bone; Growth marks; Stegosaurus; Thyreophora; Vascularization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE; BONE GROWTH; CLIMATE CHANGE; DINOSAUR; FEMUR; GROWTH RATE; HISTOLOGY; KENTROSAURUS AETHIOPICUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPULA; SCUTELLOSAURUS; TANZANIA; UPPER JURASSIC; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; DINOSAURS; PHYLOGENY; TANZANIA; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84878032585     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.22701     Document Type: Article

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