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Publication Year	Link	Morphobank	DOI	1 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
Maidment, S. C. R., S. J. Strachan, D. Ouarhache, T. M. Scheyer, E. E. Brown, V. Fernandez, Z. Johanson, T. J. Raven, and P. M. Barrett. 2021. Bizarre dermal armour suggests the first African ankylosaur. Nature Ecology & Evolution:5: 1576-1581.
2021			DOI						rib and osteoderm of ankylosaurian ornithischian S rib and osteoderm of ankylosaurian ornithischian Spicomellus afer
Main, R. P., A. de Ricqlès, J. R. Horner, and K. Padian. 2005. The evolution and function of thyreophoran dinosaur scutes: implications for plate function in stegosaurs. Paleobiology 31:291-314.
2005			DOI						thyreophoran armour (Scelidosaurus, Scutellosaurus thyreophoran armour (Scelidosaurus, Scutellosaurus, Stegosaurus)
Mallon, J. C., C. J. Ott, P. L. Larson, E. M. Iuliano, and D. C. Evans. 2016. Spiclypeus shipporum gen. et sp. nov., a boldly audacious new chasmosaurine ceratopsid (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Judith River Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Campanian) of Montana, USA. PLoS ONE 11(5): e0154218.
2016			DOI						fibula of chasmatosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur Spic fibula of chasmatosaurine ceratopsid dinosaur Spiclypeus shipporum
Mallon, J. C., J. R. Bura, D. Schumann, and P. J. Currie. 2020. A problematic tyrannosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) skeleton and its implications for tyrannosaurid diversity in the Horseshoe Canyon Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Alberta. The Anatomical Record 303:673-690.
2020			DOI						long bone (fibula) of non-tyrannosaurid tyrannosau long bone (fibula) of non-tyrannosaurid tyrannosauroid theropod
Mantell, G. A. 1850a. On a dorsal dermal spine of the Hylaeosaurus, recently discovered in the strata of Tilgate Forest. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 140:391-392.
1850	Link								sauropod Pelorosaurus conybeari and the nodosaurid sauropod Pelorosaurus conybeari and the nodosaurid ankylosaur Hylaeosaurus
Mantell, G. A. 1950b. On the Pelorosaurus; an undescribed gigantic terrestrial reptile whose remains are associated with those of the Iguanodon and other saurians in the strata of Tilgate Forest, in Sussex. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 140:379-390.
1850	Link								sauropod Pelorosaurus conybeari and the nodosaurid sauropod Pelorosaurus conybeari and the nodosaurid ankylosaur Hylaeosaurus
Marchetti, L., M. J. MacDougall, M. Buchwitz, A. Canoville, M. Herde, C. F. Kammerer, and J. Fröbisch. 2024. Origin and early evolution of vertebrate burrowing behaviour. Earth-Science Reviews 250:104702.
2024			DOI						long bones of dicynodonts (Lystrosaurus maccaigi, long bones of dicynodonts (Lystrosaurus maccaigi, Oudenodon bainii), cynodonts (Thrinaxodon liorhinus, Thrinaxodon liorhinus), and potential stem turtles (Pappochelys rosinae, Eunotosaurus africanus) [also info on long bone microstructure of extant terrestrial (Ovis ammon), semi-aquatic (Lutra lutra), pelagic marine (Delphinus delphis), and fossorial (Bathyergus suillus; Orycteropus afer, Dasypus novemcinctus) mammals]
Marín-Moratalla, N., X. Jordana, R. García-Martínez, and M. Köhler. 2011. Tracing the evolution of fitness components in fossil bovids under different selective regimes. Comptes Rendus Palevol 10:469-478.
2011			DOI						bovid Myotragus balearicus
Marmi, J., B. Vila, and A. Galobart. 2009. Solemys (Chelonii, Solemydidae) remains from the Maastrichtian of Pyrenees: evidence for a semi-aquatic lifestyle. Cretaceous Research [in press].
2009			DOI						solemydid turtle (Solemys sp.)
Marsh, A. D., M. E. Smith, W. G. Parker, R. B. Irmis, and B. T. Kligman. 2020. Skeletal anatomy of Acaenasuchus geoffreyi Long and Murry, 1995 (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) and its implications for the origin of the aetosaurian carapace. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1794885 (26 pages)
2020			DOI						osteoderms of pseudosuchian Acaenasuchus geoffreyi
Martill, D. M. 1987. A taphonomic and diagenetic case study of a partially articulated ichthyosaur. Palaeontology 30:543-555.
1987	Link								ichthyosaur Ophthalmosaurus sp.
Martinelli, A. G., T. S. Marinho, F. Brissón Egli, E. M. Hechenleitner, F. V. Iori, F. H. Veiga, G. Basilici, M. V. T. Soares, A. Marconato, and L. C. B. Ribeiro. 2019. Noasaurid theropod (Abelisauria) femur from the Upper Cretaceous Bauru Group in Triangulo Mineiro (Southeastern Brazil). Cretaceous Research 104: 104181.
2019			DOI						Noasauridae (Theropoda, Abelisauria) gen. et sp. i Noasauridae (Theropoda, Abelisauria) gen. et sp. indet.
Martínez, R. N., B. Andres, C. Apaldetti, and I. A. Cerda. 2022. The dawn of the ﬂying reptiles: ﬁrst Triassic record in the southern hemisphere. Papers in Palaeontology 8(2):e1424.
2022			DOI						long bone of Pterosauria indet.
Maxwell, E. E., T. M. Scheyer, and D. A. Fowler. 2014. An evolutionary and developmental perspective on the loss of regionalization in the limbs of derived ichthyosaurs [special issue: Modern Perspectives on Ancient Marine Reptiles]. Geological Magazine 151:29-40.
2014			DOI						bones of ithchyosaurs (tibia of Stenopterygius cf. bones of ithchyosaurs (tibia of Stenopterygius cf. uniter, metacarpal II of Temnodontosaurus cf. trigonodon)
McPhee, B. W., R. B. J. Benson, J. Botha-Brink, E. M. Bordy, and J. N. Choiniere. 2018. A giant dinosaur from the earliest Jurassic of South Africa and the transition to quadrupedality in early sauropodomorphs. Current Biology 28: 3143-3151.
2018			DOI						long bones of sauropodiform Ledumahadi mafube
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Meier, P. S., C. Bickelmann, T. M. Scheyer, D. Koyabu, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2013. Evolution of bone compactness in extant and extinct moles (Talpidae): exploring humeral microstructure in small fossorial mammals. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13:55.
2013			DOI						long bones (humeri and femora) of talpids (Astheno long bones (humeri and femora) of talpids (Asthenoscapter meini, Desmanella engesseri, Mygatalpa arvernensis, Paratalpa micheli, Proscapanus sansaniensis, Talpa europea, Talpa minor, Talpa minuta, Geotrypus sp.) [accompanied by data on extant talpids]
Mitchell, J., and P. M. Sander. 2014. The three-front model: a developmental explanation of long bone diaphyseal histology of Sauropoda. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 112:765-781.
2014			DOI						humeri and femora of sauropod dinosaurs (Ampelosau humeri and femora of sauropod dinosaurs (Ampelosaurus atacis, Apatosaurus sp., Camarasaurus sp., Europasaurus holgeri, Giraffatitan brancai, Magyarosaurus dacus, Diplodocidae indet.) [comparison to modern cervid Cervus elaphus]
Mitchell, J., P. M. Sander, and K. Stein. 2017. Can secondary osteons be used as ontogenetic indicators in sauropods? Extending the histological ontogenetic stages into senescence. Paleobiology 43:321-342.
2017			DOI						longbones of Apatosaurinae sauropods
Monfroy, Q. T., M. Kundrát, J. K. O'Connor, H.-L. You, F. Marone, M. Stampanoni, and B. Šmajda. 2021. Synchrotron microtomography-based osteohistology of Gansus yumenensis: new data on the evolution of uninterrupted bone deposition in basal birds Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 104:149-175.
2023			DOI						long bones of non-ornithurine Euornithes Gansus yu long bones of non-ornithurine Euornithes Gansus yumenensis
Moodie, R. L. 1928. The histological nature of ossified tendons found in dinosaurs. American Museum Novitates 311:1-15.
1928	Link								dinosaur tendons (Edmontosaurus annectens [origina dinosaur tendons (Edmontosaurus annectens [originally referred to as Trachodon annectens], ankylosaurid Ankylosaurus)
Mooney, E. D., T. Maho, J. J. Bevitt, and R. R. Reisz. 2022. An intriguing new diapsid reptile with evidence of mandibulo-dental pathology from the early Permian of Oklahoma revealed by neutron tomography. PLoS ONE 17(11): e0276772.
2022			DOI						jaw bone of neodiapsid Maiothisavros dianeae
Mukherjee, D. 2015. New insights from bone microanatomy of the Late Triassic Hyperodapedon (Archosauromorpha, Rhynchosauria): implications for archosauromorph growth strategy. Palaeontology 58:313-339.
2015			DOI						long bones of rhynchosaurian archosauromorph Hyper long bones of rhynchosaurian archosauromorph Hyperodapedon huxleyi; Hyperodapedon tikiensis
Mukherjee, D., and S. Ray. 2022. Pachyosteosclerosis, rhamphotheca and enhanced sensory capabilities of the premaxillae of Hyperodapedon (Archosauromorpha, Rhynchosauria): implications for foraging at the sediment–water interface. Palaeontology 65:e12626.
2022			DOI						skull bones (premaxilla) of rhynchosaur Hyperodape skull bones (premaxilla) of rhynchosaur Hyperodapedon
Nakajima, Y., A. Houssaye, and H. Endo. 2014. Osteohistology of the Early Triassic ichthyopterygian reptile Utatsusaurus hataii: Implications for early ichthyosaur biology. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59:343-352.
2014			DOI						longbones, phalanges and ribs of ichthyopterygian longbones, phalanges and ribs of ichthyopterygian Utatususaurus hataii
Nasterlack, T., A. Canoville, and A. Chinsamy. 2012. New insights into the biology of the Permian genus Cistecephalus (Therapsida, Dicynodontia). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32:1396-1410.
2012			DOI						dicynodonts (Cistecephalus, Diictodon)
Navarro, T. G., I. A. Cerda, and D. Pol. 2023. Microstructural characterization and growth dynamics in Notosuchus terrestris, a Mesoeucrocodylia crocodyliform from the Upper Cretaceous of Northem Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 150(7):105607.
2023			DOI						long bones of Mesoeucrocodylia crocodyliform Notos long bones of Mesoeucrocodylia crocodyliform Notosuchus terrestris
Navarro, T. G., I. A. Cerda, M. L. Fernández Dumont, S. Apesteguía, and D. Pol. 2024. New data on the bone histology of Araripesuchus buitreraensis (Crocodylomorpha: Notosuchia) from the Late Cretaceous of Argentinean Patagonia. Histological Biology (in press).
2024			DOI						long bones and osteoderms of crocodylomorph Ararip long bones and osteoderms of crocodylomorph Araripesuchus cf. buitreraensis and Araripesuchus buitreraensis
Nesbitt, S. J. 2007. The anatomy of Effigia okeeffeae (Archosauria, Suchia), theropod-like convergence, and the distribution of related taxa. American Museum of Natural History, Bulletin 302:1-84.
2007			DOI						long bones of shuvosaurid poposauroid Effigia okee long bones of shuvosaurid poposauroid Effigia okeeffeae
Nesbitt, S. J., A. H. Turner, G. M. Erickson, and M. A. Norell. 2006. Prey choice and cannibalistic behaviour in the theropod Coelophysis. Biology Letters 2:611-614.
2006			DOI						femoral sections (through metaphysis) of the thero femoral sections (through metaphysis) of the theropod Coelophysis (juvenile) and of the crocodylomorph cf. Hesperosuchus
Nesbitt, S. J., and M. D. Ezcurra. 2015. The early fossil record of dinosaurs in North America: A new neotheropod from the base of the Upper Triassic Dockum Group of Texas. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60:513-526.
2015			DOI						referred left femur of neotheropod dinosaur Lepidu referred left femur of neotheropod dinosaur Lepidus praecisio
Nesbitt, S. J., M. R. Stocker, B. J. Small, and A. Downs. 2009. The osteology and relationships of Vancleavea campi (Reptilia: Archosauriformes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157:814-864.
2009			DOI						femur of archosauriform Vancleavea campi
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Nesbitt, S. J., M. R. Stocker, S. Chatterjee, J. R. Horner, and M. B. Goodwin. 2021. A remarkable group of thick‐headed Triassic Period archosauromorphs with a wide, possibly Pangean distribution. Journal of Anatomy (in press).
2021			DOI						protopyknosian Archosauriformes Kranosaura kuttyi
Nesbitt, S. J., P. M. Barrett, S. Werning, C. A. Sidor, and A. J. Charig. 2012. The oldest dinosaur? A Middle Triassic dinosauriform from Tanzania. Biology Letters 9:20120949.
2012			DOI						humerus of dinosauriform Nyasasaurus parringtoni
Nopcsa, F. von 1923a. Vorläufige Notiz über die Pachyostose und Osteosklerose einiger mariner Wirbeltiere. Anatomischer Anzeiger 56:353-359.
1923									pachyostosis and osteosclerosis in snakes (Simolio pachyostosis and osteosclerosis in snakes (Simoliophis and Pachyophis)
Nopcsa, F. von 1923b. Eidolosaurus und Pachyophis. Zwei neue Neocom-Reptilien. Palaeontographica 55:97-154.
1923									pachyostosis and osteosclerosis in snakes (Simolio pachyostosis and osteosclerosis in snakes (Simoliophis and Pachyophis)
Nopcsa, F. von 1925. Ergebnisse der Forschungsreisen Prof. E. Stromers in den Wüsten Agyptens. II. Wirbeltier-Reste der Baharije-Stufe (unterstes Cenoman). 5. Die Symoliophis-Reste. Abhandlung der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Abteilung 30:1-27.
1925									pachyostosis and osteosclerosis in snakes (Simolio pachyostosis and osteosclerosis in snakes (Simoliophis and Pachyophis)
Nopcsa, F. von 1933. On the histology of the ribs of immature and half-grown trachodont dinosaurs. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1:221-223.
1933									iguanodontid Rhabdodon sp.
Nopcsa, F. von, and E. Heidsieck. 1933. On the histology of the ribs of immature and half-grown trachodont dinosaurs. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1:221-223.
1933									dinosaurs (hadrosaurs Hypacrosaurus, Anatosaurus [ dinosaurs (hadrosaurs Hypacrosaurus, Anatosaurus [originally referred to as Trachodon], Orthomerus, specimens of Hadrosauridae [originally referred to as Tetragonosaurus, see also Reid, 1997a, including probably Lambeosaurus lambei [originally referred to as Tetragonosaurus praeceps therein], theropod Gorgosaurus, ceratopsian Monoclonius, iguanodontid Rhabdodon, Camptosaurus, Iguanodon). Further reference to dinosaurs (theropod Procompsognathus, Coelophysis, Struthiomimus, Ornithomimus, Megalosaurus, Allosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Spinosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, Coelurosauria indet., hypsilophodontid Hypsilophodon, iguanodontid Camptosaurus, thyreophoran Scelidosaurus, Kentrosaurus [originally referred to as Kentrurosaurus], Stegosaurus, Struthiosaurus, Ankylosaurus, ceratopsian Psittacosaurus Protoceratops, Brachyceratops, Leptoceratops, Triceratops, ornithopod Dryosaurus [=Dysalotosaurus?]), ichthyosaurs (Temnodontosaurus acutirostris [originally referred to Leptopterygius acutirostris], Stenopterygius, Ophthalmosaurus), synapsids (dicynodont Dicynodon whaitsi, Lystrosaurus, Dicynodon)
Nopcsa, F. von, and E. Heidsieck. 1934. Über eine pachyostotische Rippe aus der Kreide Rügens. Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 15:431-455.
1934									bone histology of sirenians (Halitherium), crocody bone histology of sirenians (Halitherium), crocodylians (Teleosaurus cadomensis), mesosaurs (Mesosaurus brasiliensis, Stereosternum sp.), champsosaurid choristoderes (Champsosaurus sp.), mosasaurs (Aigialosaurus [originally referred to as Opetiosaurus, see Dutchak and Caldwell, 2009]), serpents (Pachyophis), sauropterygians (Pliosaurus ferox, “Pliosaurus adultus”, Pliosaurus sp., “Proneusticosaurus voltzi”, Neusticosaurus edwardsii [originally referred to as Pachypleurosaurus edwardsi])
O'Connor, J., M. Wang, S. Zhou, and Z. Zhou. 2015. Osteohistology of the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation ornithuromorph (Aves) Iteravis huchzermeyeri. Palaeontologia Electronica 18.2.35A: 1-11
2015	Link								ornithuromorph Mesozoic bird Iteravis huchzermeyer
O'Keefe, F. R., P. M. Sander, T. Wintrich, and S. Werning. 2019. Ontogeny of polycotylid long bone microanatomy and histology. Integrative Organismal Biology 1(1):oby007.
2019			DOI						humerus of Polycotylus latipinnus
Organ, C. L., A. M. Shedlock, A. Meade, M. Pagel, and S. V. Edwards. 2007. Origin of avian genome size and structure in non-avian dinosaurs. Nature 446:180-184.
2007			DOI						osteocyte lacunae in a variety of dinosaur bones i osteocyte lacunae in a variety of dinosaur bones including images of bones of Allosaurus fragilis
Organ, C. L., and A. M. Shedlock. 2009. Palaeogenomics of pterosaurs and the evolution of small genome size in flying vertebrates. Biology Letters 5:47-50.
2009			DOI						osteocyte lacunae and genome size estimates in pte osteocyte lacunae and genome size estimates in pterosaurs (Dimorphodon macronyx, Rhamphorhynchus muensteri, Pteranodon sp., Pterodactylus sp.) and basal archosauromorphs (choristoderan Champsosauridae indet., phytosaurs Rutiodon sp., Phytosauridae indet., rauisuchian Postosuchus kirkpatricki, aetosaurs Desmatosuchus haploceros, Typothorax meadei, crocodylian alligatorid Leidyosuchus sp.), including an image of a wing phalanx of Pterodactylus
Organ, C. L., and J. S. Adams. 2005. The histology of ossified tendons in dinosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25:602-613.
2005			DOI						dinosaur tendons (saurischian Camarasaurus lentus, dinosaur tendons (saurischian Camarasaurus lentus, theropods Allosaurus fragilis, Spinostropheus gautieri, Deinonychus antirrhopus, Saurornitholestes sp., ornithopod Brachylophosaurus canadensis, Hypacrosaurus stebingeri, Tenontosaurus tilletti, Edmontosaurus, pachycephalosaur Stygimoloch spinifer, ceratopsian Pachyrhinosaurus canadensis, ankylosaurid Euoplocephalus tutus)
Orlandi-Oliveras, G., X. Jordana, B. Moncunill-Solé, and M. Köhler. 2016. Bone histology of the giant fossil dormouse Hypnomys onicensis (Gliridae, Rodentia) from Balearic Islands. Comptes Rendus Palevol 15:238-244.
2016			DOI						long bones of leithiine glirid Hypnomys onicensis long bones of leithiine glirid Hypnomys onicensis [also on extant garden dormouse Eliomys quercinus]
Ösi, A., E. Prondvai, R. Butler, and D. B. Weishampel. 2012. Phylogeny, histology and inferred body size evolution in a new rhabdodontid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Hungary. PLoS ONE 7(9): e44318.
2012			DOI						long bones (and scapula) of rhambdodontid dinosaur long bones (and scapula) of rhambdodontid dinosaurs (Mochlodon vorosi, Mochlodon suessi, Rhabdodon)
Ostrom, J. H. 1969. Osteology of Deinonychus antirrhopus, an unusual theropod from the Lower Cretaceous of Montana. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 30:1-165.
1969	Link								theropod Deinonychus antirrhopus
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Owen, R. 1853-1864. Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck Formations. Supplement (No. II) Order-Crocodilia. Palaeontological Society, London. 20-44 pp.
1853-1864									sauropod Cetiosaurus brevis and general notes to b sauropod Cetiosaurus brevis and general notes to bone histology in dinosaurs
Owen, R. 1858. Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck Formations. Part IV Dinosauria (Hylaeosaurus). Palaeontological Society, London. 8-26 pp.
1858									dermal spine of Hylaeosaurus (Thyreophora: Ankylos dermal spine of Hylaeosaurus (Thyreophora: Ankylosauria)
Owen, R. 1878. On the fossils called ‘‘Granicones’’; being a contribution to the histology of the exoskeleton in ‘‘Reptilia’’. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society 1:233-236, plates 12+13.
1878	Link		DOI						solemydid turtle limb ossicles [see also Barrett e solemydid turtle limb ossicles [see also Barrett et al., 2002]; osteoderms of atoposaurid mesoeucrocodylian Theriosuchus pusillus

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