Skeletochronology

Bone Histology of Fossil Tetrapods: Advancing Methods, Analysis, and Interpretation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 195-215

  Woodward, Holly N ^a   Padian, Kevin ^b   Lee, Andrew H ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Midwestern Medical College   (United States)

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