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Armand J. de Ricqulès 
 

French professor of comparative anatomy.  He studied dinosaur bones to establish evidence that dinosaurs were warm blooded. 

de Ricqlès, A. 1975 Les premiers vertébrés volants. La Recherche 6, 608–617.

de Ricqlès, A., Padian, K. & Horner, A. J. 1993 Paleohistology of pterosaur bones. J. Vert. Paleont. 13 (3), 54A.

de Ricqlès, A.J. 1976 On the bone histology of fossil and living reptiles, with comments on its functional and evolutionary significance. Symp. Linn. Soc. 3, 123–151.

Padian K., de Ricqule A. and Horner J. R., 1997, Pterosaur bone histology: growth rates and mechanics.  Proceedings of the fifth international congress of vertebrate morphology.  Journal of morphology, 232(3), 306.

de Ricqlès, A., Padian, K., Horner, J. R. & Francillon-Vieillot, H. 2000 Palaeohistology of the bones of pterosaurs (Reptilia: Archosauria): antomy, ontogeny, and biomechanical implications. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 129, 349–385.

de Ricqlès, A., Padian, K., Horner, J.R. and Francillon-Viellot H., 2000,  Paleohistology of the bones of pterosaurs (Reptilia: Archosauria): anatomy, ontogeny and biochemical implications.  Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 129: 349-385.

Padian, K., Horner, J. R., and de Ricqles, A., 2004, Growth in small dinosaurs and pterosaurs: the evolution of archosaurian growth strategies: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol.24, no.4, p. 555-571.