The shell bone histology of fossil and extant marine turtles revisited

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 701-718

  Scheyer, Torsten M ^a   Danilov, Igor G ^b   Sukhanov, Vladimir B ^c   Syromyatnikova, Elena V ^b  

^a PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Bone ballast; Cheloniidae; Dermochelyidae; Marine radiation; Microstructure; Osteoporotic like; Phylogeny; Sea turtles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904538909     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12265     Document Type: Article

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