Ontogenetic stages of ceratopsian dinosaur Psittacosaurus in bone histology

The early ceratopsians Psittacosaurus and Protoceratops have provided important information on dinosaurian development because of abundant specimens of adults, subadults, juveniles, and even hatchlings. Here we present new data and methods for identifying key growth stages from bone histology. Previ...

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Main Authors: Qi Zhao, Michael J. Benton, Shoji Hayashi, Xing Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Paleobiology PAS 2019-06-01
Series:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
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Online Access:http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app64/app005592018.pdf