Life-history traits of the miocene Hipparion concudense (Spain) inferred from bone histological structure

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Martinez Maza, Cayetana ^a   Alberdi, Maria Teresa ^a   Nieto Diaz, Manuel ^b   Prado, José Luis ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL NACIONAL DE PARAPLÉJICOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MATURATION; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRUCTURE; CHRONOLOGY; EXTINCT SPECIES; FEMUR; FOSSIL ANIMAL; HIPPARION CONCUDENSE; HUMERUS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; METACARPAL BONE; METATARSAL BONE; MIOCENE; NONHUMAN; SPAIN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TIBIA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BONE; CYTOLOGY; EQUIDAE; FOSSIL; HINDLIMB; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE REMODELING; EQUIDAE; FOSSILS; HINDLIMB; SPAIN;

EID: 84905454624     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103708     Document Type: Article

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