Extreme cranial ontogeny in the upper cretaceous dinosaur pachycephalosaurus.

<h4>Background</h4>Extended neoteny and late stage allometric growth increase morphological disparity between growth stages in at least some dinosaurs. Coupled with relatively low dinosaur density in the Upper Cretaceous of North America, ontogenetic transformational representatives are...

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Main Authors: John R Horner, Mark B Goodwin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19859556/pdf/?tool=EBI