On the origin of high growth rates in archosaurs and their ancient relatives: Complementary histological studies on Triassic archosauriforms and the problem of a “phylogenetic signal” in bone histology

@article{Ricqls2008OnTO,
  title={On the origin of high growth rates in archosaurs and their ancient relatives: Complementary histological studies on Triassic archosauriforms and the problem of a “phylogenetic signal” in bone histology},
  author={Armand J. de Ricql{\`e}s and Kevin Padian and Fabien Knoll and John R. Horner},
  journal={Annales De Paleontologie},
  year={2008},
  volume={94},
  pages={57-76}
}
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