Radiographic assessment of pectoral flipper bone maturation in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), as a novel technique to accurately estimate chronological age

• Ashley Barratclough ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ashley.barratclough@nmmf.org

  Affiliation National Marine Mammal Foundation, San Diego, California, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3027-5892

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• Roberto Sanz-Requena,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Radiology Department, Hospital Quironsalud Valencia, Blasco Ibáñez, Valencia, Spain

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3659-1389

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• Luis Marti-Bonmati,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Radiology Department, Hospital Quironsalud Valencia, Blasco Ibáñez, Valencia, Spain

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• Todd L. Schmitt,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation SeaWorld, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Eric Jensen,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Daniel García-Párraga

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fundación Oceanogràfic de la Comunidad Valenciana, Gran Vía Marqués del Turia, Valencia, Spain

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