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A Nomenclature for Vertebral Fossae in Sauropods and Other Saurischian Dinosaurs

BACKGROUND: The axial skeleton of extinct saurischian dinosaurs (i.e., theropods, sauropodomorphs), like living birds, was pneumatized by epithelial outpocketings of the respiratory system. Pneumatic signatures in the vertebral column of fossil saurischians include complex branching chambers within...

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Autores principales: Wilson, Jeffrey A., D'Emic, Michael D., Ikejiri, Takehito, Moacdieh, Emile M., Whitlock, John A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3046170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21386963
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017114

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