Palaeohistology

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Taxa sampled and further notes
Adams, J. S., and C. L. Organ. 2005. Histologic determination of ontogenetic patterns and processes in hadrosaurian ossified tendons. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25:614-622.
2005 DOI hadrosaur tendons (Maiasaura, Brachylophosaurus)
Adrian, B., H. F. Smith, C. R. Noto, and A. Grossman. 2021. An early bothremydid from the Arlington Archosaur Site of Texas. Scientific Reports 11:9555.
2021 DOI
shell bone of bothremydid pleurodiran Pleurochayah read more
shell bone of bothremydid pleurodiran Pleurochayah appalachius
Aeby, C. 1878. Das histologische Verhalten fossilen Knochen- und Zahngewebes. Archiv für Mikroskopische Anatomie 15:371-382.
1878 Link
crocodylians (?Madriosaurus, Machinosaurus hugii), read more
crocodylians (?Madriosaurus, Machinosaurus hugii), turtles (Plesiochelys solodurensis, ?Emys), sauropterygians (Plesiosaurus?), synapsids (rhinocerotid Aceratherium, sirenian Halitherium studeri, proboscidean Mastodon?, “Hyopotamus gresslii”, cervid Cervus tarandus, equid Cervus ferus caballus?, bovid Bos taurus, hominid Homo sapiens, Mammalia indet.?), birds (Dinornithidae indet. [originally referred to Euryapteryx rheides, see also Worthy and Holdaway, 2002])
Agliano, A., P. M. Sander, and T. Wintrich. 2020. Bone histology and microanatomy of Edaphosaurus and Dimetrodon (Amniota, Synapsida) vertebrae from the Lower Permian of Texas. The Anatomical Record 304(3): 570-583
2020 DOI
vertebrae of pelycosaurs Dimetrodon and Edaphosaur read more
vertebrae of pelycosaurs Dimetrodon and Edaphosaurus
Alves de Souza, G., M. Bento Soares, A. Souza Brum, M. Zucolotto, J. M. Sayão, L. C. Weinschütz, and A. W. A. Kellner. 2020. Osteohistology and growth dynamics of the Brazilian noasaurid Vespersaurus paranaensis Langer et al., 2019 (Theropoda: Abelisauroidea). PeerJ 8:e9771.
2020 DOI
long bones of noasaurid theropod Vespersaurus para read more
long bones of noasaurid theropod Vespersaurus paranaensis
Amson, E., C. d. Muizon, D. P. Domning, C. Argot, and V. de Buffrénil. 2015. Bone histology as a clue for resolving the puzzle of a dugong rib in the Pisco Formation, Peru. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35: e922981 (4 pages).
2015 DOI rib of megatherioid xenarthran Thalassocnus
Amson, E., C. de Muizon, M. Laurin, C. Argot, and V. d. Buffrénil. 2014. Gradual adaptation of bone structure to aquatic lifestyle in extinct sloths from Peru. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281: 20140192.
2014 DOI
thalssocnine Nothrotheriidae (Thalassocnus spp.: T read more
thalssocnine Nothrotheriidae (Thalassocnus spp.: T. antiquus, T. natans, T. littoralis, T. carolomartini), megatherioid Nothrotheriidae (Nothrotherium, Nothrotheriops), megatherioid Hapalops [also data on extant giant anteater Myrmecophaga and two-toed sloth Choloepus]
Amson, E., C. Kolb, T. M. Scheyer, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2015. Growth and life history of Middle Miocene deer (Mammalia, Cervidae) based on bone histology. Comptes Rendus Palevol 14(8): 637-645.
2015 DOI
long bones of cervids (Dicrocerus elegans and Eupr read more
long bones of cervids (Dicrocerus elegans and Euprox sp.)
Anderson, K. L., P. S. Druckenmiller, G. M. Erickson, and E. E. Maxwell. 2018. Skeletal microstructure of Stenopterygius quadriscissus (Reptilia, Ichthyosauria) from the Posidonienschiefer (Posidonia Shale, Lower Jurassic) of Germany. Palaeontology 62:433-449.
2018 DOI
cranial and postcranial elements of ichthyosaur St read more
cranial and postcranial elements of ichthyosaur Stenopterygius quadriscissus
Andrade, R. C. L. P. d., M. V. Araújo Sena, A. S. Brum, D. A. Campos, A. W. A. Kellner, R. A. M. Bantim, and J. M. Sayão. 2023. Osteohistology of the large-sized Cretaceous crocodylomorph Stratiotosuchus maxhechti (Notosuchia, Baurusuchidae) indicates fast growth and niche partitioning with medium-sized theropods. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 127: 104363.
2023 DOI
long bones of baurusuchid notosuchian crocodylifor read more
long bones of baurusuchid notosuchian crocodyliform Statiotosuchus maxhechti
Andrade, R. C. L. P. d., M. V. Araújo Sena, E. V. Araújo, R. A. M. Bantim, D. Riff, and J. M. Sayão. 2020. Osteohistological study on both fossil and living Caimaninae (Crocodyliformes, Crocodylia) from South America and preliminary comments on growth physiology and ecology. Historical Biology 32:346-355.
2020 DOI
long bones of extinct Caimaninae indet. [and extan read more
long bones of extinct Caimaninae indet. [and extant Caimanine Caiman yacare]
Andrade, R. C. L. P. d., R. A. M. Bantim, F. J. d. Lima, L. dos Santos Campos, L. H. d. Souza Eleutério, and J. M. Sayão. 2015. New data about the presence and absence of the external fundamental system in archosaurs. Caderno de Cultura e Ciência, Ano X, v.14, n.1, Set, 2015; Universidade Regional do Cariri – URCA:200-211.
2015 rib of dyrosaurid archosaur
Anné, J., N. P. Edwards, R. A. Wogelius, A. R. Tumarkin-Deratzian, W. I. Sellers, A. van Veelen, U. Bergmann, D. Sokaras, R. Alonso-Mori, K. Ignatyev, V. M. Egerton, and P. L. Manning. 2014. Synchrotron imaging reveals bone healing and remodelling strategies in extinct and extant vertebrates. Journal of The Royal Society Interface 11: 20140277.
2014 DOI
phalanx of theropod dinosaur Allosaurus fragilis ( read more
phalanx of theropod dinosaur Allosaurus fragilis (with callus) [with reference to histology of extant turkey vulture Cathartes aura]
Antunes, M. T., and O. Mateus. 2003. Dinosaurs of Portugal. Comptes Rendus Palevol 2:77-95.
2003 DOI theropod dinosaur Lourinhanosaurus
Arcucci, A., E. Previtera, and A. C. Mancuso. 2019. Ecomorphology and bone microstructure of Proterochampsia from the Chañares Formation. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64:157-170.
2019 DOI
longbones of non-archosaurian archosauriform Prote read more
longbones of non-archosaurian archosauriform Proterochampsia indet.
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Eureptilia (Dinos & Birds)
Taxa sampled and further notes
Asakura, Y., P. V. L. G. Da Costa Pereira, E. V. Oliveira, and J. L. L. Da Silva. 2017. Comparative paleohistology in osteoderms of Pleistocene Panochthus sp. Burmeister, 1886 and Neuryurus sp. Ameghino, 1889 (Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae). Comptes Rendus Palevol 16:795-803.
2017 DOI
osteoderms of glyptodontid xenarthrans (Panochthus read more
osteoderms of glyptodontid xenarthrans (Panochthus, Neuryurus)
Azanza, B., D. DeMiguel, and M. Andrés. 2011. The antler-like appendages of the primitive deer Dicrocerus elegans: morphology, growth cycle, ontogeny, and sexual dimorphism. Estudios geológicos 67:579-602.
2011 DOI cranial appendages of cervid Dicrocerus elegans
Bailleul, A. M., and J. R. Horner. 2016. Comparative histology of some craniofacial sutures and skull-base synchondroses in non-avian dinosaurs and their extant phylogenetic bracket. Journal of Anatomy (in press).
2016 DOI
Crocodylia (cf Brachychampsa); hadrosaurid dinosau read more
Crocodylia (cf Brachychampsa); hadrosaurid dinosaurs (Brachylophosaurus, Hypacrosaurus, Gryposaurus, Prosaurolophus), ceratopsian dinosaurs (Triceratops), pachycephalosaurid dinosaurs (Stegoceras, Pachycephalosaurus, Pachycephalosauridae indet.)
Bailleul, A. M., C. Nyssen-Behets, B. Lenglé, B. K. Hall, and J. R. Horner. 2016. Chondroid bone in dinosaur embryos and nestlings (Ornithischia: Hadrosauridae): Insights into the growth of the skull and the evolution of skeletal tissues. Comptes Rendus Palevol 15:49-64.
2016 DOI
skull and lower jaw bones of hadrosaurid dinosaurs read more
skull and lower jaw bones of hadrosaurid dinosaurs (Hypacrosaurus stebingeri, Lambeosaurinae indet., Hadrosauridae indet.)
Bailleul, A. M., J. O´Connor, and M. H. Schweitzer. 2019. Dinosaur paleohistology: review, trends and new avenues of investigation. PeerJ 7: e7764.
2019 DOI
review article with details on selected dinosaur b read more
review article with details on selected dinosaur bones (Hypacrosaurus stebingeri, Tyrannosaurus rex, Iteravis huchzermeyeri, Triceratops)
Bailleul, A. M., J. O´Connor, S. Zhang, Z. Li, Q. Wang, M. C. Lamanna, X. Zhu, and Z. Zhou. 2019. An Early Cretaceous enantiornithine (Aves) preserving an unlaid egg and probable medullary bone. Nature Communications 10:1275.
2019 DOI
femur and egg shell of enantiornithine Aves Avimai read more
femur and egg shell of enantiornithine Aves Avimaia schweitzerae
Bailleul, A., L. Ségalen, A. D. Buscalioni, O. Cambra-Moo, and J. Cubo. 2011. Palaeohistology and preservation of tetrapods from Las Hoyas (Lower Cretaceous, Spain). Comptes Rendus Palevol 10:367-380.
2011 DOI
bone histology and geochemistry of turtles (Centro read more
bone histology and geochemistry of turtles (Centrocryptodira indet.), squamates (Scandensia ciervensis), enantiornithine birds (Concornis lacustris), ornithomimosaurian theropods (Pelecanimimus polyodon) and Archosauria indet. [also discoglossid anurans]
Barreto, C. 1997. Dinosaur growth plates and dinosaur bone growth. Dinofest International Proceedings:95-100.
1997 hadrosaur Maiasaura
Barrett, P. M., J. B. Clarke, D. B. Brinkman, S. D. Chapman, and P. C. Ensom. 2002. Morphology, histology and identification of the 'granicones' from the Purbeck Limestone Formation (Lower Cretaceous: Berriasian) of Dorset, southern England. Cretaceous Research 23:279-295.
2002 DOI
limb ossicles (‘granicones’) of turtles (solem read more
limb ossicles (‘granicones’) of turtles (solemydid Helochelydra (=Tretosternon) anglica or ‘Tretosternon’ bakewelli)
Barrett, P. M., R. J. Butler, R. Mundil, T. M. Scheyer, R. B. Irmis, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2014. A palaeoequatorial ornithischian and new constraints on early dinosaur diversification. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281(1791):20141147.
2014 DOI
postcranial bones (tibiae, scapula, femur, rib, in read more
postcranial bones (tibiae, scapula, femur, rib, indet. bone) of ornithischian dinosaur Laquintasaura venezuelae
Barta, D. E., C. T. Griffin, and M. A. Norell. 2022. Osteohistology of a Triassic dinosaur population reveals highly variable growth trajectories typified early dinosaur ontogeny. Scientific Reports 12:17321.
2022 DOI
long bones of coelophysoid theropod Coelophysis ba read more
long bones of coelophysoid theropod Coelophysis bauri
Baziak, B. 2008. Comparative osteohistology of Maiasaura peeblesorum (Hadrosauridae) from the Two Medicine Formation (Campanian) Camp-O-Saur bonebed of Montana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28:49A.
2008 hadrosaurid dinosaur Maiasaura peeblesorum
Bennett, S. C. 1993. The ontogeny of Pteranodon and other pterosaurs. Paleobiology 19:92-106.
1993 Link limb bones (wing metacarpals) of Pteranodon
Benton, M. J., Z. Csiki, D. Grigorescu, R. Redelstorff, P. M. Sander, K. Stein, and D. B. Weishampel. 2010. Dinosaurs and the island rule: The dwarfed dinosaurs from Haţeg Island. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (in press).
2010 DOI
long bones (tibiae, femur) of sauropod Europasauru read more
long bones (tibiae, femur) of sauropod Europasaurus holgeri
Bergqvist, L. P., P. V. L. G. C. Pereira, A. S. Machado, M. C. de Castro, L. B. Melki, and R. T. Lopes. 2019. Osteoderm microstructure of Riostegotherium yanei, the oldest Xenarthra. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences) 91 (Supplement 2): e20181290
2019 DOI
osteoderms of dasypodid xenarthran Riostegotherium read more
osteoderms of dasypodid xenarthran Riostegotherium yanei (also on extant Dasypus novemcinctus)
Bhat, M. S., C. D. Shelton, and A. Chinsamy. 2021. Inter-element variation in the bone histology of Anteosaurus (Dinocephalia, Anteosauridae) from the Tapinocephalus Assemblage Zone of the Karoo Basin of South Africa. PeerJ 9:e12082.
2021 DOI
long bones and ribs of anteosaurid dinocephalian A read more
long bones and ribs of anteosaurid dinocephalian Anteosaurus magnificus (and Anteosaurus sp.)
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Eureptilia (Dinos & Birds)
Taxa sampled and further notes
Bochaton, C., R. Boistel, F. Casagrande, S. Grouard, and S. Bailon. 2016. A fossil Diploglossus (Squamata, Anguidae) lizard from Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre Islands (Guadeloupe, French West Indies). Scientific Reports 6:28475.
2016 DOI osteoderms of anguine squamate Diploglossus
Boitsova, E. A., P. P. Skutschas, A. G. Sennikov, V. K. Golubev, V. V. Masuytin, and O. A. Masuytina. 2019. Bone histology of two pareiasaurs from Russia (Deltavjatia rossica and Scutosaurus karpinskii) with implications for pareiasaurian palaeobiology. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 128:289-310.
2019 DOI
long bones, ribs and vertebrae of pareiasaurs (Del read more
long bones, ribs and vertebrae of pareiasaurs (Deltavjatia rossica and Scutosaurus karpinskii)
Bonnevier Wallstedt, I., P. Sjövall, B. Thuy, R. G. De La Garza, M. E. Eriksson, and J. Lindgren. 2024. Skin anatomy, bone histology and taphonomy of a Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) ichthyosaur (Reptilia: Ichthyopterygia) from Luxembourg, with implications for paleobiology Diversity 16:492.
2024 DOI
ribs of indet. Ichthyosaur, possibly Stenopterygiu read more
ribs of indet. Ichthyosaur, possibly Stenopterygius
Botfalvai, G., E. Prondvai, and A. Ösi. 2014. Inferred bite marks on a Late Cretaceous (Santonian) bothremydid turtle and a hylaeochampsid crocodilian from Hungary. Cretaceous Research 50:304-317.
2014 DOI
shell bones of bothremydid turtle Foxemys trabanti read more
shell bones of bothremydid turtle Foxemys trabanti and skull bones of hylaeochampsid crocodilian Iharkutosuchus makadii
Botfalvai, G., E. Prondvai, and A. Ösi. 2021. Living alone or moving in herds? A holistic approach highlights complexity in the social lifestyle of Cretaceous ankylosaurs. Cretaceous Research 118:104633.
2021 DOI
ribs and long bones of nodosaurid ankylosaur dinos read more
ribs and long bones of nodosaurid ankylosaur dinosaur
Botha, J. 2003. Biological aspects of the Permian dicynodont Oudenodon (Therapsida: Dicynodontia) deduced from bone histology and cross-sectional geometry. Palaeontologia africana 39:37-44.
2003
cynodont Oudenodon bainii (see Botha and Angielczy read more
cynodont Oudenodon bainii (see Botha and Angielczyk, 2007)
Botha, J. 2020. The paleobiology and paleoecology of South African Lystrosaurus. PeerJ 8:e10408.
2020 DOI
long bones of lystrosaurid dicynodonts (Lystrosaur read more
long bones of lystrosaurid dicynodonts (Lystrosaurus maccaigi, Lystrosaurus murrayi, Lystrosaurus curvatus, Lystrosaurus declivis)
Botha, J., and A. Chinsamy. 2000. Growth patterns deduced from the bone histology of the cynodonts Diademodon and Cynognathus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20:705-711.
2000 DOI cynodonts Diademodon and Cynognathus
Botha, J., and A. Chinsamy. 2004. Growth and life habits of the Triassic cynodont Trirachodon, inferred from bone histology. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49:619-627.
2004 Link
cynodont Trirachodon and species Trirachodon kanne read more
cynodont Trirachodon and species Trirachodon kannemeyeria
Botha, J., and A. Chinsamy. 2005. Growth patterns of Thrinaxodon liorhinus, a non-mammalian cynodont from the Lower Triassic of South Africa. Palaeontology 48:385-394.
2005 DOI cynodont Thrinaxodon liorhinus
Botha, J., and K. D. Angielczyk. 2007. An integrative approach to distinguishing the Late Permian dicynodont species Oudenodon bainii and Tropidostoma microtrema (Therapsida: Anomodontia) Palaeontology 50:1175-1209.
2007 DOI dicynodont Tropidostoma microtrem
Botha-Brink, J., and K. D. Angielczyk. 2010. Do extraordinarily high growth rates in Permo-Triassic dicynodonts (Therapsida, Anomodontia) explain their success before and after the end-Permian extinction? Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160:341-365.
2010 DOI
"several skeletal elements of different ontogeneti read more
"several skeletal elements of different ontogenetic stages of dicynodonts (Galeoops, Eodicynodon, Diictodon, Endothiodon, Cistecephalus, Tropidostoma, Dicynodontoides, Rhachiocephalus, Oudenodon, Aulacephalodon, Dicynodon, Lystrosaurus maccaigi, Lystrosaurus declivis, Lystrosaurus murrayi, Lystrosaurus sp. [possibly L. diclivis], Kannemeyeria"
Botha-Brink, J., and R. M. H. Smith. 2011. Osteohistology of the Triassic archosauromorphs Prolacerta, Proterosuchus, Euparkeria, and Erythrosuchus from the Karoo Basin of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31:1238-1254.
2011 DOI
limb bones and ribs of the archosauromorph Prolace read more
limb bones and ribs of the archosauromorph Prolacerta broomi and the archosauriforms Proterosuchus fergusi, Erythrosuchus africanus, and Euparkeria capensis
Botha-Brink, J., and R. M. H. Smith. 2012. Palaeobiology of Triassic procolophonids, inferred from bone microstructure. Comptes Rendus Palevol 11:419-433.
2012 DOI
long bones of procolophonid parareptiles (Sauropar read more
long bones of procolophonid parareptiles (Sauropareion anoplus, Procolophon trigoniceps, Teratophon spinigenis)
Botha-Brink, J., D. Codron, A. K. Huttenlocker, K. D. Angielczyk, and M. Ruta. 2016. Breeding young as a survival strategy during Earth’s greatest mass extinction. Scientific Reports 6:24053.
2016 DOI
long bones of Dicynodontia, Therocephalia, Cynodon read more
long bones of Dicynodontia, Therocephalia, Cynodontia, and gorgonopsian therapsids (Lystrosaurus mccaigi, Lystrosaurus curvatus, Lystrosaurus declivis, Lystrosaurus murrayi, Endothiodon, Tropidostoma, Diictodon, Oudenodon, Aelurognathus, Ictidosuchoides, Cistecephalus, Rhachiocephalus, Aulacephalodon, Dicynodon, Hofmeyria, Mirotenthes, Theriognathus, Dicynodontoides, Procynosuchus, Moschorhinus, Myosaurus, Olivierosuchus, Scaloposaurus, Tetracynodon, Thrinaxodon, Galesaurus, Langbergia, Microgomphodon, Cynognathus, Trirachodon, Kannemeyeria, Diademodon, Gorgonopsia indet.)
Botha-Brink, J., F. Abdala, and A. Chinsamy-Turan. 2012. The radiation and osteohistology of non-mammaliaform cynodonts; pp. 223-246 in A. Chinsamy-Turan (ed.), Forerunners of Mammals. Indiana University Press, Bloomington.
2012 Link
long bones of traversodontid cynodonts (Protuberu read more
long bones of traversodontid cynodonts (Protuberum, Scalenodontoides, Truciodocynodon, Tritylodon)
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Classical overview work
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Parareptilia
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Eureptilia (excl. Dinos & Birds)
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Eureptilia (Dinos & Birds)
Taxa sampled and further notes
Botha-Brink, J., F. Abdala, and A. Chinsamy-Turan. 2012. The radiation and osteohistology of nonmammalian cynodonts; pp. 223-246 in A. Chinsamy-Turan (ed.), Forerunners of Mammals [Life of the Past Series]. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, In.
2012
limb bones and ribs of non-mammaliaform cynodont s read more
limb bones and ribs of non-mammaliaform cynodont synapsids (Protuberum, Scalenodontoides, Trucidocynodon, Tritylodon, Traversodontidae)
Botha-Brink, J., M. B. Soares, and A. G. Martinelli. 2018. Osteohistology of Late Triassic prozostrodontian cynodonts from Brazil. PeerJ 6:e5029.
2018 DOI
limb bones of prozostrodontian cynodont Prozostrod read more
limb bones of prozostrodontian cynodont Prozostrodon brasiliensis, tritheledontid Irajatherium hernandezi, brasilodontids Brasilodon quadrangularis and Brasilitherium riograndensis
Bouvier, M. 1977. Dinosaur Haversian bone and endothermy. Evolution 31:449-450.
1977 pelycosaurs Dimetrodon, Edaphosaurus, Ophiacodon
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