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Fusion Patterns in the Skulls of Modern Archosaurs Reveal That Sutures Are Ambiguous Maturity Indicators for the Dinosauria

The sutures of the skulls of vertebrates are generally open early in life and slowly close as maturity is attained. The assumption that all vertebrates follow this pattern of progressive sutural closure has been used to assess maturity in the fossil remains of non-avian dinosaurs. Here, we test this...

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Udgivet i:PLoS One
Main Authors: Bailleul, Alida M., Scannella, John B., Horner, John R., Evans, David C.
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: Public Library of Science 2016
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4749387/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26862766
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147687
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