skeletochronology

English

Etymology

skeleto- +‎ chronology

Noun

skeletochronology (uncountable)

  1. The estimation of the age of skeletal remains by observation of growth rings in bones
    • 2015 July 9, “First Reported Cases of Biomechanically Adaptive Bone Modeling in Non-Avian Dinosaurs”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0131131:
      Minimum age of Maiasaura individuals was determined by counting the number of annually deposited lines of arrested growth (see [10 –12 ] for descriptions of skeletochronology methods).
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