Long Bone Histology and Growth Patterns in Ankylosaurs: Implications for Life History and Evolution

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Stein, Martina ^a   Hayashi, Shoji ^a   Sander, P Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANKYLOSAUR; ARCHOSAUR; ARTICLE; BONE LENGTH; BONE MATRIX; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRUCTURE; CORTICAL BONE; DINOSAUR; FEMUR; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; HISTOLOGY; HUMERUS; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LIFE HISTORY; LONG BONE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; ONTOGENY; OSSIFICATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SAUROPODOMORPHA; SPECIES COMPARISON; STEGOSAURUS; THREOPHORA; ULNA; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 84880830549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068590     Document Type: Article

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