Palaeohistology

skull bones, long bones, vertebrae, ribs, pelvic bones, chevrons, dermal plates and ossicles and ossified tendons of dinosaurs - theropods (Allosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Marshosaurus, Stokesosaurus, Albertosaurus, Aristosuchus, Baryonyx, Daspletosaurus, Megalosaurus, Ornithomimus, Megapnosaurus [Syntarsus], Saurornitholestes, Tyrannosaurus, Theropoda indet. (? Eustreptospondylus), Theropoda indet., Carnosauria indet.) sauropodomorph (Apatosaurus, Camarasaurus, Haplocanthosaurus, Massospondylus, Euskelosaurus, Sauropoda indet.) and ornitischian dinosaurs (Camptosaurus, Stegosaurus, Anatosaurus, Hypsilophodon, Iguanodon, Orthomerus, Polacanthus, Rhabdodon, Sauropelta, Stegoceras, Valdosaurus, Hadrosauria indet., Ankylosauria indet., Ceratopsia indet.)

sauropodomorphs (Brachiosaurus, Camarasaurus, Haplocanthosaurus, Sauropoda indet. [“Cetiosaurus”]), theropods (Allosaurus, Troodon, Deinonychus, Theropoda indet.) and ornithischians (iguanodontoid Camptosaurus, Iguanodon, pachycephalosaur Stegoceras, thyreophoran Polacanthus)

theropods (Allosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Saurornitholestes), sauropod Cetiosaurus

theropods (Albertosaurus, Allosaurus, Baryonyx, Megalosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, Theropoda indet.), sauropodomoprhs (Massospondylus, Euskelosaurus, Camarasaurus, Sauropoda nov. gen., Sauropoda indet.) and ornitischian dinosaurs (Rhabdodon, Iguanodon, Orthomerus, Stegosaurus, Ceratopsia indet.), Dinosauria indet.

vertebrae and growth series of embryonic femora of a sauropodomorph dinosaur (possibly Lufengosaurus)

dinosaurs (ornithomimid Gallimimus, Ornithomimidae indet., ceratipsids Protoceratops, Triceratops, iguanodontid Iguanodon, hadrosaurid Saurolophus, tendon of Hadrosauridae indet.)

marine turtles (Archelon ischyros, Rhinochelvs pulchriceps) and podocnemidid turtles (Stupendemys geographicus)

long bones of aepyornithiform palaeognathid bird Aepyornis maximus

bones of ichthyosaurs (Ichthyosaurus communis; Ichthyosaurus sp., Ichthyosauria indet.), Plesiosauria ('Plesiosaurus grandis', Pliosaurus sp., Plesiosauria indet.), ornithopod dinosaurs (Iguanodon, Rhabdodon), Dinosauria indet., and mammals (xenarthran Glyptodon, Megatherium, Lestodon, Scelidotherium, Mylodon; notungulate Toxodon, 'Typotherium'; cetacean Champsodelphis macrogenius?, Cetacea indet.; chalicotheriid perissodactyle Chalicotherium; Chalicotheriidae incertae sedis; Equid Epihippus?, Sirenian Halitherium; proposcidean Anancus ['Mastodon'] arvernensis, Mammuthus ['Elephas'] meridionalis, Dinotherium teutobochus, Dinotherium sp., Proboscidea indet.)

prosauropod Euskelosaurus browni and sauropod Bothriospondylus madagascariensis

therapsids (gorgonopsian Aelurognathus? trigriceps, Aelurognathus (Scymnognathus) parringtoni, Aelurognathus (Dixeya) quadrata, Lycaenops minor, Gorgonopsia indet.; therocephalian Pristerognathus?, Pristerognathidae indet., Theriognathus [originally referred to as Notosollasia sp.], cynodont Thrinaxodon sp., Gomphodontosuchus brasiliensis, Gomphodontosuchidae indet., Chiniquodon theotonicus [originally referred to as Belesodon magnificus], Traversodon stahleckeri [part of the material was originally referred to as “Traversodon (?) major”], ?Theropsodon njalilus; tritylodont Bienotherium yunnanense, Oligokyphus sp.); prosauropod Euskelosaurus browni and sauropod Bothriospondylus madagascariensis

dinocephalians (titanosuchian Anteosaurus sp., Titanosuchus ferox, Estemmenosuchus uralensis, Keratocephalus moloch, Titanosuchia indet., dicynodont Dicynodon tener, Dicynodon turpior, ?Daptocephalus sp., Aulacocephalodon sp., Oudenodon kolbei, Oudenodon bainii, Kannemeyeria sp., ?Zambiasaurus submersus, Kannemeyeridae indet., Stahleckeria potens, Lystrosaurus latirostris, Lystrosaurus sp.)

therapsid (Biarmosuchus tener [referred to as Biarmosuchus sp. in Fig. 1]) and pelycosaurs (caseid Ennatosaurus tecton, ophiacodontid Ophiacodon retroversus, varanopid Varanops brevirostris, sphenacodontid Dimetrodon, edaphosaurid Edaphosaurus boanerges)

parareptiles (mesosaurids Mesosaurus brasiliensis, Mesosaurus sp., procolophonids Procolophon trigoniceps, Procolophon sp., Phaanthosaurus ignatjevi, pareiasaurids Pareiasaurus serridens, Pareiasaurus aff. P. russouwi, Pareiasaurus sp., Bradysaurus sp., eureptiles (captorhinid Captorhinus aguti, Labidosaurus hamatus, Moradisaurus grandis)

pelycosaurs (Edaphosaurus, Dimetrodon) and therapsids (titanosuchid Titanosuchus, gorgonopsian Aelurognathus, Lycaenops, therocephalian Theriognathus [originally referred to as Notosollasia], cynodont Diademodon, dicynodont Dicynodon, Kannemeyeria); parareptiles (mesosaurid Mesosaurus, pareiasaurid Bradysaurus, Pareiasaurus, procolophonid Phaanthosaurus) and eureptiles (captorhinid Captorhinus); prosauropod Euskelosaurus, sauropod Bothriospondylus and iguanodontid ?Rhabdodon

pelycosaurs and therapsids (Dimetrodon, Edaphosaurus, Kannemeyeria [also unpublished observations on Biarmosuchus, Watongia]); mainly review on bone histology of parareptiles, eureptiles (captorhinomorph Moradisaurus, sauropterygian “Proneusticosaurus” [see Rieppel, 2000], Neusticosaurus edwardsii [originally referred to as Pachypleurosaurus], Pliosaurus, mosasaurs Plioplatecarpus, Aigialosaurus [originally referred to as Opetiosaurus, see Dutchak and Caldwell, 2009], crocodylian Mystriosaurus, Goniopholis, Pelagosaurus, phytosaur Termatosaurus, pterosaur Rhamphocephalus, champsosaur Champsosaurus); mainly review on bone histology of hadrosaur Trachodon [=Anatosaurus, see Reid, 1984a,b, 1985]

therapsids (titanosuchid Titanosuchus ferox, gorgonopsian Aelurognathus, Aelurognathus parringtoni [originally referred to as Scymnognathus parringtoni], bauriamorph Silphoictidoides ruhuhuensis, therocephalian Theriognathus microps [originally referred to as Whaitsia platyceps and Notosollasia lückhoffi], Cynodontia indet., eucynodont Morganucodon sp., dicynodont Dicynodon, Lystrosaurus, Kannemeyeria) and pelycosaurs (sphenacodontid Dimetrodon, edaphosaurid Edaphosaurus, ophiacodontid Ophiacodon); parareptiles (pareiasaurid Pareiasaurus) and eureptiles (captorhinomorph Moradisaurus)

prosauropod Euskelosaurus browni and sauropod Bothriospondylus madagascariensis

reptiles (Parareptilia: mesosaurid Mesosaurus; Eureptilia: neodiapsid Claudiosaurus germaini, sauropterygian “Proneusticosaurus” [see Rieppel, 2000], placodont Placodus gigas, pachypleurosaurid Neusticosaurus, nothosaurid Ceresiosaurus, plesiosaurian Mauisaurus?, Plesiosauria indet., ichthyosaurian Stenopterygius, Omphalosaurus, Ichthyosaurus, champsosaurid choristoderes Champsosaurus, Simoedosaurus, squamates Dolichosaurus, mosasaur Clidastes, simoliophid snakes Pachyophis, Simoliophis)

brachiosaurid sauropod cf. “Rebbachisaurus” tamesnensis

sirenian Hydrodamalis gigas [recently extinct Steller’s sea cow])

archaeocetes (Basilosaurus, Zygorhiza) and sirenian Hydrodamalis gigas [recently extinct Steller’s sea cow]; reptiles (Parareptilia: mesosaurid Mesosaurus; Eureptilia: neodiapsid Claudiosaurus germaini, sauropterygian “Proneusticosaurus” [see Rieppel, 2000], placodont Placodus gigas, pachypleurosaurid Neusticosaurus, nothosaurid Ceresiosaurus, plesiosaurian Mauisaurus?, Plesiosauria indet., ichthyosaurian Stenopterygius, Omphalosaurus, Ichthyosaurus, champsosaurid choristoderes Champsosaurus, Simoedosaurus, squamates Dolichosaurus, mosasaur Clidastes, simoliophid snakes Pachyophis, Simoliophis)

therapsids (cynodont Lystrosaurus, Gorgonopsia indet.); prosauropod (Euskelosaurus) and sauropod dinosaurs (Bothriospondylus)

pelycosaur Dimetrodon, caseid Ennatosaurus, tritylodont Bienotherium, cynodont Traversodon; squamate (Gallotia simonyi [sub-fossil]) and dinosaurs (sauropod Lapparentosaurus, ornithopod Maiasaura)

phytosaurs (Rutiodon sp.), aetosaurs (Desmatosuchus sp., Stagonolepis sp., Typothorax sp.), rauisuchians (Postosuchus kirkpatricki) and sphenosuchian crocodylomorphs (Terrestrisuchus sp.); saurischians (Herrerasaurus, Coelophysis, reference to Scutellosaurus: see Main et al., 2005)

Rhynchosauridae indet., erythrosuchid Erythrosuchus, ?srchosauriform: “Teleocrater”, “Mandasuchus”, proterochampsid Chanaresuchus, euparkeriid Euparkeria, ornithosuchid Ornithosuchus, ?rauisuchid Luperosuchus, sphenosuchian crocodylomorph Hesperosuchus agilis; saurischian Herrerasaurus, sauropodomorph Thecodontosaurus antiquus, ornithischian Lesothosaurus diagnosticus

pterosaurs (Dimorphodon macronyx, Pteranodon sp., Montanazhdarcho minor, Quetzalcoatlus sp., ?Azhdarchidae indet., Pterodactyloidea indet.)

Theropoda indet. [closely related to Lourinhanosaurus or Allosaursus?]

nodosaurid ankylosaur Antarctopelta oliveroi [see Salgado and Gasparini, 2006]

tibiotarsus of the dodo Raphus cucullatus (columbiform Aves)

antlers (and frontal bones with pedicles) of cervids ( Procervulus praelucidus, Heteroprox eggeri, Paradicrocerus elegantulus, Euprox furcatus, Paradicrocerus elegantulus, Dicrocerus elegans, Lagomeryx parvulus, ?Ligeromeryx praestans)

dorsal ribs and metapodials of ankylosaur Antarctopelta oliveroi

postcranial bones of plesiosaurs (cf. Mauisaurus sp., Elasmosauridae indet.) and mosasaurs (Mosasauridae indet.)

sauropterygian pachypleurosaurs (Neusticosaurus pusillus, N. peyeri)

sauropterygian pachypleurosaurs (Neusticosaurus pusillus, N. peyeri, N. edwardsii)

sauropods ([see also Sander, 1999] Brachiosaurus brancai, Barosaurus africanus, Dicraeosaurus spp. [D. hansemanni, D. sattleri], Janenschia robusta)

indeterminate longbone material, ribs and vertebrae of Omphalosaurus cf. O. nevadanus; rib of shastasaurid ichthyosaur Cymbospondylus

sauropods (Apatosaurus, Barosaurus africanus, Brachiosaurus brancai, Janenschia robusta, Diplodocidae indet.)

Pleistocene synapsids including bovids (Bos primigenius, Bison priscus), cervids (Megaloceros giganteus, Cervus elaphus, Rangifer tarandus), equid (Equus sp.), rhinocerotid (Coelodonta antiquitatis) and proboscidean (Mammuthus primigenius)