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Cranial Ontogeny in Stegoceras validum (Dinosauria: Pachycephalosauria): A Quantitative Model of Pachycephalosaur Dome Growth and Variation

Historically, studies of pachycephalosaurs have recognized plesiomorphically flat-headed taxa and apomorphically domed taxa. More recently, it has been suggested that the expression of the frontoparietal dome is ontogenetic and derived from a flat-headed juvenile morphology. However, strong evidence...

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Autores principales: Schott, Ryan K., Evans, David C., Goodwin, Mark B., Horner, John R., Brown, Caleb Marshall, Longrich, Nicholas R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3126802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21738608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0021092