The anatomical foundation for multidisciplinary studies of animal limb function: Examples from dinosaur and elephant limb imaging studies

Anatomical Imaging: Towards a New Morphology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 23-38

  Hutchinson, John R ^a   Miller, Charlotte ^a   Fritsch, Guido ^b   Hildebrandt, Thomas ^b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

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EID: 84896789134     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-76933-0_3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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