RE: Baby Ankylosaurs and bone growth

["Augustus T. White" <augwhite@neosoft.com>]

I've got no answer, but do have a related question.  Do the kinds of dermal 
armor shown on ankylosaurs suggest determinate growth?  I wouldn't think so, 
but wanted to see if there was some definite reason to suppose one way or the 
other.

  --Toby White

On Thursday, August 05, 1999 9:10 AM, Sherry Michael 
[SMTP:_smichael@excite.com] wrote:
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> The floating ankylosaur stuff reminded me of something I've been thinking a
> lot about lately.
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> How much do we know about bone development in Ankylosaurs? From Dinofest I
> recall the _Tarchia_ with the head wound, and the animal had healed itself
> by producing bony masses. This got me thinking about baby ankylosaurs. How
> much do we know about scute development and bone ossification as they grew?
> Where they different than other dinos when it came to bone growth?
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> -Sherry Michael
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