Palaeohistology

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Publication YearLink Morphobank DOI
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Classical overview work
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Fossil Synapsida
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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
Cerda, I. A., and J. E. Powell. 2010. Dermal armor histology of Saltasaurus loricatus, an Upper Cretaceous sauropod dinosaur from Northwest Argentina. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 55:389-398.
2010 DOI dermal armour of titanosaur Saltasaurus loricatus
Cerda, I. A., and L. Codorniú. 2023. Palaeohistology reveals an unusual periodontium and tooth implantation in a filter-feeding pterodactyloid pterosaur, Pterodaustro guinazui, from the Lower Cretaceous of Argentina. Journal of Anatomy (in press).
2023 DOI
jaw bones of pterodactyloid pterosaur Pterodaustro read more
jaw bones of pterodactyloid pterosaur Pterodaustro guinazui
Cerda, I. A., and L. Codorniú. 2023. Palaeohistology reveals an unusual periodontium and tooth implantation in a filter-feeding pterodactyloid pterosaur, Pterodaustro guinazui, from the Lower Cretaceous of Argentina. Journal of Anatomy 243:579-589.
2023 DOI
jaw bones of pterodactyloid pterosaur Pterodaustro read more
jaw bones of pterodactyloid pterosaur Pterodaustro guinazui
Cerda, I. A., C. P. Tambussi, and F. J. Degrange. 2014. Unexpected microanatomical variation among Eocene Antarctic stem penguins (Aves: Sphenisciformes). Historical Biology 27:549-557.
2014 DOI
tarsometatarsi of of stem Sphenisciformes (Palaeeu read more
tarsometatarsi of of stem Sphenisciformes (Palaeeudyptes gunnari, Palaeeudyptes klekowskii, Anthropornis grandis, Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi, Archaeospheniscus wimani, Marambiornis exilis, Delphinornis arctowskii and Delphinornis larseni)
Cerda, I. A., D. Pol, A. Otero, and A. Chinsamy. 2022. Palaeobiology of the early sauropodomorph Mussaurus patagonicus inferred from its long bone histology. Palaeontology 65:e12614.
2022 DOI
long bones of sauropodiform sauropodomorph Mussaur read more
long bones of sauropodiform sauropodomorph Mussaurus patagonicus
Cerda, I. A., D. Pol, and A. Chinsamy. 2014. Osteohistological insight into the early stages of growth in Mussaurus patagonicus (Dinosauria, Sauropodomorpha). Historical Biology 26:110-121.
2014 DOI
bones (appendicular bones, ribs and indeterminate read more
bones (appendicular bones, ribs and indeterminate bones) of juveniles of basal sauropodomorph Mussaurus patagonicus
Cerda, I. A., F. E. Novas, J. L. Carballido, and L. Salgado. 2022. Osteohistology of the hyperelongate hemispinous processes of Amargasaurus cazaui (Dinosauria: Sauropoda): Implications for soft tissue reconstruction and functional significance. Journal of Anatomy (in press).
2022 DOI
vertebrae of dicraeosaurid sauropod Amargasaurus c read more
vertebrae of dicraeosaurid sauropod Amargasaurus cazaui
Cerda, I. A., J. B. Desojo, M. J. Trotteyn, and T. M. Scheyer. 2015. Osteoderm histology of Proterochampsia and Doswelliidae (Reptilia: Archosauriformes) and their evolutionary and paleobiological implications. Journal of Morphology 276(4):385-402.
2015 DOI
proterochampsid (Chanaresuchus bonapartei, Pseudoc read more
proterochampsid (Chanaresuchus bonapartei, Pseudochampsa ischigualastensis) and dosweliid (Archeopelta arborensis, Tarjadia ruthae) archosauriform osteoderms
Cerda, I. A., J. B. Desojo, T. M. Scheyer, and C. L. Schultz. 2013. Osteoderm microstructure of “rauisuchian” archosaurs from South America. Geobios 46:273-283.
2013 DOI
osteoderms of 'rauisuchian' pseudosuchians (Presto read more
osteoderms of 'rauisuchian' pseudosuchians (Prestosuchus chiniquensis, Saurosuchus galilei, Fasolasuchus tenax, "Rauisuchia" indet.)
Cerda, I. A., J. Sterli, and T. M. Scheyer. 2015. Bone shell microstructure of Condorchelys antiqua Sterli 2008, a stem turtle from the Jurassic of Patagonia [Special issue: Current advances in paleohistology : A tribute to a generation of French Paleohistologists; Laurin, M., Cubo, J. (eds.)] Comptes Rendus Palevol 15:133-146.
2015 DOI
shell bones of stem turtle Condorchelys antiqua (T read more
shell bones of stem turtle Condorchelys antiqua (Testudinata)
Cerda, I. A., R. A. García, J. E. Powell, and O. Lopez. 2015. Morphology, microanatomy, and histology of titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) osteoderms from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(1): e905791 (22 pages).
2015 DOI
osteoderms of titanosaurian sauropods (Neuquensaur read more
osteoderms of titanosaurian sauropods (Neuquensaurus, Aeolosaurus, Titanosauria indet.)
Cerda, I. A., Z. Gasparini, R. A. Coria, L. Salgado, M. Reguero, D. Ponce, R. Gonzalez, J. M. Jannello, and J. Moly. 2019. Paleobiological inferences for the Antarctic dinosaur Antarctopelta oliveroi (Ornithischia: Ankylosauria) based on bone histology of the holotype. Cretaceous Research 103:104171.
2019 DOI
endoskeletal elements and osteoderms of thyreophor read more
endoskeletal elements and osteoderms of thyreophoran ankylosaur Antarctopelta oliveroi
Cerda, I., L. Salgado, and J. E. Powell. 2012. Extreme postcranial pneumaticity in sauropod dinosaurs from South America. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 86:441-449.
2012 DOI
cross-sections of several bones of titanosaurian s read more
cross-sections of several bones of titanosaurian sauropod Saltasaurus loricatus
Čerňanský, A., N. Klein, S. Renesto, J. Michalík, J. Šurka, and M. Sentpetery. 2020. The first skeletal evidence of an Upper Triassic (Rhaetian) diapsid reptile from the Western Carpathians (Strážov Highlands, Slovakia). Geologica Carpathica 71:134-149.
2020 DOI
long bones of Diapsida indet. and aff. Pachystroph read more
long bones of Diapsida indet. and aff. Pachystropheus sp. also on Paleopleurosaurus and extant Sphenodon punctatus
Chávez-Aponte, E., I. Alfonzo-Hernández, H. J. Finol, C. E. Barrios N., A. Boada-Sucre, and J. D. Carrillo-Briceño. 2008. Histología y ultrastuctura de los osteodermos fósiles de Glyptodon clavipes y Holmesina sp. (Xenarthra: Cingulata). Interciencia 33:616-619.
2008 Link
osteoderms of cingulate xenarthrans (glyptodontid read more
osteoderms of cingulate xenarthrans (glyptodontid Glyptodon clavipes, pampatheriid Holmesina sp.)
Reference
Publication YearLink Morphobank DOI
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1
Classical overview work
2   
2
Fossil Synapsida
3   
3
Parareptilia
4   
4
Eureptilia (excl. Dinos & Birds)
5   
5
Eureptilia (Dinos & Birds)
Taxa sampled and further notes
Chen, J., A. R. H. LeBlanc, L. Jin, T. D. Huang, and R. R. Reisz. Tooth development, histology, and enamel microstructure in Changchunsaurus parvus: Implications for dental evolution in ornithopod dinosaurs. PLoS ONE 13(11):e0205206.
2018 DOI
skull bones and teeth of ornithopod dinosaur Chang read more
skull bones and teeth of ornithopod dinosaur Changchunsaurus parvus
Chinsamy, A. 1990. Physiological implications of the bone histology of Syntarsus rhodesiensis (Saurischia: Theropoda). Palaeontologia africana 27:77-82.
1990
coelophysid Megapnosaurus rhodesiensis [originally read more
coelophysid Megapnosaurus rhodesiensis [originally referred to as Syntarsus rhodesiensis; Downs, 2000 proposed synonymy with Coelophysis bauri, which was rejected by Smith and Merrill, 2006]
Chinsamy, A. 1991. The bone histology and possible growth strategy of the prosauropod dinosaur Massospondylus carinatus. Paper presented at the Fifth Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota, University of Oslo, 1991.
1991 prosauropod Massospondylus carinatus
Chinsamy, A. 1993a. Bone histology and growth trajectory of the prosauropod dinosaur Massospondylus carinatus Owen. Modern Geology 18:319-329.
1993 prosauropod Massospondylus carinatus
Chinsamy, A. 1993b. Image analysis and the physiological implications of the vascularisation of femora in archosaurs. Modern Geology 19:101-108.
1993
Massospondylus carinatus and Megapnosaurus (Syntar read more
Massospondylus carinatus and Megapnosaurus (Syntarsus) rhodesiensis; see also Chinsamy, 1994
Chinsamy, A. 1994. Dinosaur bone histology: Implications and inferences; pp. 213-227 in G. D. Rosenberg, and D. L. Wolberg (eds.), Dino Fest. Paleontological Society Special Publication No. 7.
1994 rauisuchian Postosuchus
Chinsamy, A. 1995. Ontogenetic changes in the bone histology of the Late Jurassic ornithopod Dryosaurus lettowvorbecki. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(1):96-104.
1995 Link ornithopod Dryosaurus lettowvorbecki
Chinsamy, A. 2023. Palaeoecological deductions from osteohistology. Biology Letters 19: 29230245.
2023 DOI
long bones of indeterminate aepyornithid and sauro read more
long bones of indeterminate aepyornithid and sauropodiform sauropodomorph Mussaurus, stegosaurid thyreophoran dinosaur Stegosaurus sp., Gastornis, the dodo Raphus cucullatus [also long bones of extant turtle Chersina angulata, crocodylian Caiman latirostris, penguin Spheniscus demersus, kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus]
Chinsamy, A., and A. Elzanowski. 2001. Evolution of growth pattern in birds. Nature 412:402-403.
2001 DOI
coelurosaurs (Rahonavis, Gobipteryx; Enantiornithe read more
coelurosaurs (Rahonavis, Gobipteryx; Enantiornithes indet.)
Chinsamy, A., and A. Valenciano. 2024. Multiple exostoses and an osteochondroma in a Pliocene canid from Langebaanweg ‘E’ Quarry (South Africa). Journal of Anatomy (in press).
2024 DOI long bones of canid Eucyon khoikhoi
Chinsamy, A., and B. S. Rubidge. 1993. Dicynodont (Therapsida) bone histology: phylogenetic and physiological implications. Palaeontologia africana 30:97-102.
1993
dicynodonts (Kannemeyeria, Lystrosaurus, Dicynodon read more
dicynodonts (Kannemeyeria, Lystrosaurus, Dicynodon, Cistecephalus, Aulacephalodon, Oudenodon, Endothiodon; no LAGs in Diictodon, see Ray and Chinsamy, 2004)
Chinsamy, A., and F. Abdala. 2008. Palaeobiological implications of the bone microstructure of South American traversodontids (Therapsida: Cynodontia). South African Journal of Science 104:225-230.
2008 Link
long bones of traversodontid cynodonts (Andescynod read more
long bones of traversodontid cynodonts (Andescynodon mendozensis, Massetognathus pascuali, Exaeretodon frenguellii, Exaeretodon riograndensis)
Chinsamy, A., and J. H. Hurum. 2006. Bone microstructure and growth patterns of early mammals. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51:325-338.
2006 Link
morganucodonts (Morganucodon watsoni), multituberc read more
morganucodonts (Morganucodon watsoni), multituberculates (Kryptobaatar dashzevegi, Nemegtbaatar gobiensis, eutherian Barunlestes butleri, Zalambdalestes lechei, cynodont Tritylodon sp.; pleurodont lepidosaur Gephyrosaurus sp.
Chinsamy, A., and T. H. Worthy. 2021. Histovariability and palaeobiological implications of the bone histology of the dromornithid, Genyornis newtoni. Diversity 13(5): 219.
2021 DOI
long bones of dromornithid dinosaur Genyornis newt read more
long bones of dromornithid dinosaur Genyornis newtoni
Chinsamy, A., Chiappe, L. & Dodson, P. 1994. Growth rings in Mesozoic avian bones: physiological implications for basal birds. Nature 368, 196-197.
1994 DOI
Patagopteryx deferrariisi, Enantiornithes indet. a read more
Patagopteryx deferrariisi, Enantiornithes indet. and non-avian dinosaurs (coelophysid Megapnosaurus [Syntarsus] rhodesiensis, Coelophysis bauri)
Chinsamy, A., Chiappe, L. & Dodson, P. 1995. Mesozoic avian bone microstructure: physiological implications. Paleobiology 21, 561-574.
1995 Link
Patagopteryx deferrariisi, Enantiornithes indet. a read more
Patagopteryx deferrariisi, Enantiornithes indet. and non-avian dinosaurs (coelophysid Megapnosaurus [Syntarsus] rhodesiensis, Coelophysis bauri)
Reference
Publication YearLink Morphobank DOI
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1
Classical overview work
2   
2
Fossil Synapsida
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3
Parareptilia
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4
Eureptilia (excl. Dinos & Birds)
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Eureptilia (Dinos & Birds)
Taxa sampled and further notes
Chinsamy, A., E. Buffetaut, A. Canoville, and D. Angst. 2014. Insight into the growth dynamics and systematic affinities of the Late Cretaceous Gargantuavis from bone microstructure. Naturwissenschaften 101:447-452.
2014 DOI
Femur of avialan Gargantuavis philoinos; femora of read more
Femur of avialan Gargantuavis philoinos; femora of coelophysoid dinosaur Megapnosaurus (Syntarsus) rhodesiensis and ctenochasmatid pterosaur Pterodaustro guinazui; tibiotarsus of megalapterygid dinornithiform Megalapteryx didinus
Chinsamy, A., I. Cerda, and J. Powell. 2016. Vascularised endosteal bone tissue in armoured sauropod dinosaurs. Scientific Reports 6: 24858.
2016 DOI
metatarsal, distal caudal vertebra and osteoderm o read more
metatarsal, distal caudal vertebra and osteoderm of saltasaurine sauropod (possibly Saltasaurus loricatus)
Chinsamy, A., L. Chiappe, J. Marugán-Lobón, C. Gao, and F. Zhang. 2013. Gender identification of the Mesozoic bird Confuciusornis sanctus. Nature Communications 4:1381.
2013 DOI
Appendicular bones (humerus, radius, ulna, tibia a read more
Appendicular bones (humerus, radius, ulna, tibia and femur) of the pygostylian bird Confuciusornis sanctus
Chinsamy, A., L. Cordorniú, and L. Chiappe. 2008. Developmental growth patterns of the filter-feeder pterosaur, Pterodaustro guiñazui. Biology Letters 4:282-285.
2008 DOI pterosaur Pterodaustro guiñazui
Chinsamy, A., L. Cordorniú, and L. Chiappe. 2009. Palaeobiological implications of the bone histology of Pterodaustro guinazui. The Anatomical Record 292:1462-1477.
2009 DOI pterosaur Pterodaustro guiñazui
Chinsamy, A., L. D. Martin, and P. Dodson. 1998a. Bone microstructure of the diving Hesperornis and the volant Ichthyornis from the Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas. Cretaceous Research 19:225-235.
1998 DOI
ornithurine Hesperornis regalis and Ichthyornis vi read more
ornithurine Hesperornis regalis and Ichthyornis victor
Chinsamy, A., T. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich. 1998b. Polar dinosaur bone histology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18:385-390.
1998 Link
hypsilophodontid (possible Atlascoposaurus loadsi read more
hypsilophodontid (possible Atlascoposaurus loadsi [or gen. et sp. nov.]) and ornithomimid dinosaurs (Timimus hermani)
Chinsamy-Turan, A. 2005. The Microstructure of Dinosaur Bone. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 195 pp.
2005 Link
bone histology of saurischians (theropod Megapnosa read more
bone histology of saurischians (theropod Megapnosaurus [Syntarsus] rhodesiensis, Herrerasaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex, Archaeornithomimus, Timimus, Nqwebasaurus, Patagopteryx, Gobipteryx minuta, Unenlagia, Rahonavis, Enantiornithes, Vorona, Cimolopteryx, Hesperornis, Polarornis, Ichthyornis, prosauropod Massospondylus, Sauropoda indet., Titanosauridae indet.) and ornithischians (stegosaurian Kentrosaurus, ornithopod Dryosaurus altus, D. lettowvorbecki; Leaellynasaura, Hypsilophodontidae indet., Hadrosauridae indet.); cynodonts (Morganucodon, Diademodon, Cynognathus)
Chinsamy-Turan, A. 2011. Forerunners of Mammals [Life of the Past Series], pp. 352. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, In.
2011 Link
Ciancio, M. R., C. M. Krmpotic, A. C. Scarano, and M. B. Epele. 2019. Internal morphology of osteoderms of extinct armadillos and its relationship with environmental conditions. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 26:71-83.
2019 DOI
osteoderms of Dasypodidae (Astegotheriini: Astegot read more
osteoderms of Dasypodidae (Astegotheriini: Astegotherium dichotomus, Stegosimpsonia sp.; Stegotheriini: Stegotherium variegatum; Euphractinae: Utaetus buccatus; Euphractini: Parutaetus chicoensis; Eutatini: Meteutatus lagenaformis; Sadypus sp.)
Clark, J. M., M. A. Norell, and L. M. Chiappe. 1999. An oviraptorid skeleton from the Late Cretaceous of Ukhaa Tolgod, Mongolia, preserved in an avianlike brooding position over an oviraptorid nest. American Museum Novitates 3265:1-36.
1999 Link oviraptorid Citipati osmolskae
Clarke, J. B., and M. J. Barker. 1995. Abnormal histology in an Iguanodon caudal centrum from the Lower Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight. Palaeontology 38:905-914.
1995 Link iguanodontid Iguanodon sp.
Company, J. 2011. Bone histology of the titanosaur Lirainosaurus astibiae (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Latest Cretaceous of Spain. Naturwissenschaften 98:67-78.
2011 DOI
long bones od titanosaurid sauropod Lirainosaurus read more
long bones od titanosaurid sauropod Lirainosaurus astibiae
Company, J., and X. Pereda-Suberbiola. 2017. Long bone histology of a eusuchian crocodyliform from the Upper Cretaceous of Spain: Implications for growth strategy in extinct crocodiles. Cretaceous Research 72:1-7.
2017 DOI humerus of eusuchian crocodyliform
Cook, S. F., S. T. Brooks, and H. E. Ezra-Cohn. 1962. Histological studies on fossil bone. Journal of Paleontology 36:483-494.
1962 Link
eutherians (Gomphotherium sp., Mammuthus columbi, read more
eutherians (Gomphotherium sp., Mammuthus columbi, Mammuthus primigenius, Uintatherium sp.) and Therapsida indet.; sauropod Apatosaurus sp.
Coombs, W. P., Jr. 1971. The Ankylosauria. Ph.D. Thesis. Columbia University, New York. 487 pp.
1971 Link cranium of ankylosaurid Euoplocephalus tutus
Reference
Publication YearLink Morphobank DOI
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1
Classical overview work
2   
2
Fossil Synapsida
3   
3
Parareptilia
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4
Eureptilia (excl. Dinos & Birds)
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Eureptilia (Dinos & Birds)
Taxa sampled and further notes
Cooper, L. N., A. H. Lee, M. L. Taper, and J. R. Horner. 2008. Relative growth rates of predator and prey dinosaurs reflect effects of predation. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B 275:2609-2615.
2008 DOI
lambeosaurid hadrosaur Hypacrosaurus stebingeri, A read more
lambeosaurid hadrosaur Hypacrosaurus stebingeri, Albertosaurus and Tyrannosaurus
Cruickshank, A. R. I., D. M. Martill, and L. F. Noè. 1996. A pliosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) exhibiting pachyostosis from the Middle Jurassic of England. Journal of the Geological Society 153:873-879.
1996 DOI pliosaur Pachycostasaurus dawni
Cruickshank, A. R. I., D. M. Martill, and L. F. Noè. 1996. A pliosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) exhibiting pachyostosis from the Middle Jurassic of England. Journal of the Geological Society 153:873-879.
1996 DOI
ribs of plesiosaurs (Puchycostasaurus dawni; Crypt read more
ribs of plesiosaurs (Puchycostasaurus dawni; Cryptocleidus euryrnerus; Liopleurodon ferox)
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