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  • noun Plural form of ossification.

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  • Ontogeny of cranial epi-ossifications in Triceratops.

    Neoceratopsian publications for 2008 ReBecca Foster 2009

  • Simplifying the names for the epi-ossifications found on skull of ceratopsians, also discussing the ontogeny and timing of the fusion of epi-ossifications blog link

    Archive 2009-01-01 ReBecca Foster 2009

  • Simplifying the names for the epi-ossifications found on skull of ceratopsians, also discussing the ontogeny and timing of the fusion of epi-ossifications blog link

    Neoceratopsian publications for 2008 ReBecca Foster 2009

  • Ontogeny of cranial epi-ossifications in Triceratops.

    Archive 2009-01-01 ReBecca Foster 2009

  • In combination with forward directed postorbital horns and massive fan-shaped frill, cranial epi-ossifications may have enhanced visual display and species communication in Triceratops.

    Triceratops cranial epi-ossifications ReBecca Foster 2008

  • Ontogeny of cranial epi-ossifications in Triceratops.

    Triceratops cranial epi-ossifications ReBecca Foster 2008

  • We describe the ontogeny and timing of the fusion of each of these epi-ossifications and the rostral from a cranial growth series.

    Archive 2008-04-01 ReBecca Foster 2008

  • Abstract: Historically, the scarcity of non-adult Triceratops fossils collected from Upper Cretaceous sediments of North America limited our understanding and promoted controversy with regard to the morphology, and presence or absence of cranial epi-ossifications in the widely known horned dinosaur.

    Triceratops cranial epi-ossifications ReBecca Foster 2008

  • Dinochick Blogs: Triceratops cranial epi-ossifications skip to main

    Triceratops cranial epi-ossifications ReBecca Foster 2008

  • In combination with forward directed postorbital horns and massive fan-shaped frill, cranial epi-ossifications may have enhanced visual display and species communication in Triceratops.

    Archive 2008-04-01 ReBecca Foster 2008

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