Did crocodiles become secondarily ectothermic ? : a paleohistological approach

Published: Sep 23, 2014
Abstract
Archosaurs are a clade of vertebrates that includes birds, crocodiles, and numerous fossil groups. This clade has been a matter of debate among paleontologists for decades concerning the evolution of thermometabolism in its different lineages. The classical hypothesis considers that only modern birds are true endotherms, whereas all other archosaurs are ectotherms. Bone histology allows to study several traits linked to bone growth rate and...
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Title
Did crocodiles become secondarily ectothermic ? : a paleohistological approach
Published Date
Sep 23, 2014
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