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
Bowerbank, J. S. 1848. Microscopical observations on the structure of the bones of Pterodactylus giganteus and other fossil animals. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society London 4:2-10.
1848
azhdarchoid pterosaur Lonchodectes (“Pterodactyl read more
azhdarchoid pterosaur Lonchodectes (“Pterodactylus giganteus”)
Boyd, C. A., T. P. Cleland, and F. Novas. Osteogenesis, homology, and function of the intercostal plates in ornithischian dinosaurs (Tetrapoda, Sauropsida). Zoomorphology (in press).
DOI
intercostal plates of neornithischian dinosaurs (H read more
intercostal plates of neornithischian dinosaurs (Hypsilophodon foxii, Talenkauen santacrucensis and Thescelosaurus sp.)
Brambilla, L., M. J. Toledo, J. A. Haro, and J. L. Aguilar. 2019. New osteoderm morphotype (Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) from the middle Pleistocene of Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 95: 102298.
2019 DOI osteoderms of mylodontid Xernarthra
Brinkman, D. L., and F. M. Conway. 1985. Textural and mineralogical analysis of a Stegosaurus (Reptilia: Ornithischia) plate. The Compass of Sigma Gamma Epsilon 63:1-5.
1985 back plate of Stegosaurus stenops
Broili, F. 1915. Beobachtungen an Tanystropheus conspicuus H. v. Meyer. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 2:51-62.
1915 Link
cross-sections of vertebrae of sauropterygians (No read more
cross-sections of vertebrae of sauropterygians (Nothosaurus) and archosauromorphs (tanystropheid Tanystropheus conspicuus; dinosaur Thecodontosaurus primus)
Broili, F. 1922. Über den feineren Bau der "verknöcherten Sehnen" (=verknöcherten Muskeln) von Trachodon. Anatomischer Anzeiger 55:465-475.
1922 Link
tendons of hadrosaur ?Trachodon [=Anatosaurus, see read more
tendons of hadrosaur ?Trachodon [=Anatosaurus, see Reid, 1984a,b, 1985]
Brum, A. S., L. H. S. Eleutério, T. R. Simões, M. R. Whitney, G. A. Souza, J. M. Sayão, and A. W. A. Kellner. 2023. Ankylosaurian body armor function and evolution with insights from osteohistology and morphometrics of new specimens from the Late Cretaceous of Antarctica. Paleobiology (in press).
2023 DOI osteoderms of Nodosauridae ankylosaurs
Brusatte, S. L., M. A. Norell, T. D. Carr, G. M. Erickson, J. R. Hutchinson, A. M. Balanoff, G. S. Bever, J. N. Choiniere, P. J. Makovicky, and X. Xu. 2010. Tyrannosaur Paleobiology: new research on ancient exemplar organisms Science 329:1481-1485.
2010 DOI rib of Tyrannosaurus rex
Budney, L. A., M. W. Caldwell, and A. Albino. 2006. Tooth socket histology in the Cretaceous snake Dinilysia, with a review of amniote dental attachment tissues. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26:138-145.
2006 DOI
toothbearing elements of snake Dinilysia patagonic read more
toothbearing elements of snake Dinilysia patagonica; comparative sections (not figured) from mosasaurs (Mosasaurus mokoroa; Platecarpus sp.) and extant snakes
Buffetaut, E., V. de Buffrénil, A. de Ricqlès, and Z. Špinar. 1982. Remarques anatomiques et paléohistologiques sur Dyrosaurus phosphaticus, crocodilien mésosuchien des phosphates yprésiens de Tunisie. Annales de Paléontologie 68(4):327-341.
1982
sections of skull, lower jaw and the dorsal verteb read more
sections of skull, lower jaw and the dorsal vertebrae of the dyrosaurid crocodylomorph Dyrosaurus phosphaticus
Buffrénil, V. de 1980. Donnés préliminaires sur la structure des marques de croissance squelettiques chez les crocodiliens actuels et fossiles [Preliminary data on the structure of growth marks among living and fossil crocodilians]. Bulletin de la Societé de Zoologie de France 105:355-361.
1980
crocodylians (Eusuchia indet. [“Eusuchiens de l' read more
crocodylians (Eusuchia indet. [“Eusuchiens de l'Eocène du Wyoming“])
Buffrénil, V. de 1982. Morphogenesis of bone ornamentation in extant and extinct crocodilians. Zoomorphology 99:155-166.
1982
skulls and osteoderms of crocodylians (Eusuchia in read more
skulls and osteoderms of crocodylians (Eusuchia indet. [Eocene of Wyoming], Diplocynodon sp.)
Buffrénil, V. de, A. Canoville, R. D'Anastasio, and D. P. Domning. 2010. Evolution of sirenian pachyosteosclerosis, a model-case for the study of bone structure in aquatic tetrapods. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 17:101-120.
2010 DOI
Desmostylia (Paleoparadoxia sp., Paleoparadoxia cf read more
Desmostylia (Paleoparadoxia sp., Paleoparadoxia cf. tabatai); Sirenia: Prorastomidae (Pezosiren portelli), Protosirenidae (Protosiren fraasi), Dugongidae (Eotheroides aegyptiacum, Eosiren stromeri, Eosiren libyca, Prototherium montserratense, Halitherium schinzii, Metaxytherium krahuletzi, Crenatosiren olseni, Nanosiren garciae, Dioplotherium cf. allisoni, Hydrodamalis gigas [recently extinct])
Buffrénil, V. de, A. de Ricqlès, C. E. Ray, and D. P. Domning. 1990a. Bone histology of the ribs of the archaeocetes (Mammalia: Cetacea). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10:455-466.
1990 Link
archaeocetes (Zygorhiza kochii, Basilosaurus cetoi read more
archaeocetes (Zygorhiza kochii, Basilosaurus cetoides)
Buffrénil, V. de, A. de Ricqlès, D. Sigogneau-Russell, and E. Buffetaut. 1990b. L'histologie osseuse des champsosauridés: donnees descriptives et interprétation fonctionnelle. Annales de Paléontologie (Vert.-Invert.) 76:255-275.
1990
champsosaurid choristoderes Champsosaurus and Simo read more
champsosaurid choristoderes Champsosaurus and Simoedosaurus
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Publication YearLink Morphobank DOI
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1
Classical overview work
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2
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
Buffrénil, V. de, and E. Buffetaut. 1981. Skeletal growth lines in an Eocene crocodilian skull from Wyoming as an indicator of ontogenetic age and paleoclimatic conditions. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1:57-66.
1981 Link
skull fragment of crocodylian “Crocodylus“ cf. read more
skull fragment of crocodylian “Crocodylus“ cf. C. affinis (Bridger Fm., Eocene, Wyoming)
Buffrénil, V. de, and J. M. Mazin. 1993. Some aspects of skeletal growth in Triassic and post-Triassic ichthyosaurs as revealed by bone histology. Paleontologia Lombarda Nuova serie 2(1):63-68.
1993 Link
bone histology of the appendicular skeleton of ich read more
bone histology of the appendicular skeleton of ichthyosaurs (Omphalosaurus nisseri; Stenopterygius quadriscissus, Ophthalmosaurus sp.); note that phylogenetic position of Omphalosaurus nisseri as an ichthyosaur is contested (see Motani, 2000; Sander and Faber, 2003)
Buffrénil, V. de, and J.-C. Rage. 1993. La «pachyostose» vertébrale de Simoliophis (Reptilia, Squamata): données comparatives et considérations fonctionnelles. Annales de Paléontologie (Vert.-Invert.) 79:315-335.
1993 snakes Simoliophis rochebrunei and Paleophis
Buffrénil, V. de, and J.-M. Mazin. 1989. Bone histology of Claudiosaurus germaini (Reptilia, Claudiosauridae) and the problem of pachyostosis in aquatic tetrapods. Historical Biology 2:311-322.
1989 neodiapsid Claudiosaurus germaini
Buffrénil, V. de, and J.-M. Mazin. 1990. Bone histology of the ichthyosaurs: comparative data and functional interpretation. Paleobiology 16:435-447.
1990 Link
ichthyosaurs (Omphalosaurus nisseri; Stenopterygiu read more
ichthyosaurs (Omphalosaurus nisseri; Stenopterygius quadriscissus, Ichthyosaurus sp.); note that phylogenetic position of Omphalosaurus nisseri as an ichthyosaur is contested (see Motani, 2000; Sander and Faber, 2003)
Buffrénil, V. de, and J.-M. Mazin. 1992. Contribution de l’histologie osseuse à l’interprétation paléobiologique du genre Placodus Agassiz, 1833 (Reptilia, Placodontia). Revue de Paléobiologie 11:397-407.
1992 sauropterygian placodont Placodus gigas
Buffrénil, V. de, F. Clarac, A. Canoville, and M. Laurin. 2016. Comparative data on the differentiation and growth of bone ornamentation in gnathostomes (Chordata: Vertebrata). Journal of Morphology 277:634-670.
2016 DOI
skull bones of Captorhinidae (Captorhinus aguti) a read more
skull bones of Captorhinidae (Captorhinus aguti) and edaphosaurid Synapsida (Lupeosaurus kayi); shell bones of Testudines (Trionychidae Trionyx triunguis, Aspideretoides cf. Riabinini, Araripemys barretoi [and extant Trionychidae and Emydidae]) and osteoderm of necrosaurid squamate Necosaurus cayluxensis
Buffrénil, V. de, H. Astibia, X. Pereda Suberbiola, and A. Berreteaga. 2008a. Variation in bone histology of middle Eocene sirenians from western Europe. Geodiversitas 30:425-432.
2008
dugongid sirenians (Prototherium montserratense, t read more
dugongid sirenians (Prototherium montserratense, two species of Dugongidae indet.)
Buffrénil, V. de, J.-M. Mazin, and A. de Ricqlès. 1987. Caractères structuraux et mode de croissance du fémur d'Omphalosaurus nisseri, ichthyosaurien du Trias moyen de Spitzberg. Annales de Paléontologie (Vert.-Invert.) 73:195-216.
1987
ichthyosaur Omphalosaurus nisseri; note that phylo read more
ichthyosaur Omphalosaurus nisseri; note that phylogenetic position of Omphalosaurus nisseri as an ichthyosaur is contested (see Motani, 2000; Sander and Faber, 2003)
Buffrénil, V. de, J.-Y. Sire, and J.-C. Rage. 2010. The histological structure of glyptosaurine osteoderms (Squamata: Anguidae), and the problem of osteoderm development in squamates. Journal of Morphology 271:729-737.
2010 DOI osteoderms of squamates (Glyptosaurinae indet.)
Buffrénil, V. de, N. Bardet, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, and B. Bouya. 2008b. Specialization of bone structure in Pachyvaranus crassispondylus Arambourg, 1952, an aquatic squamate from the Late Cretaceous of the southern Tethyan margin. Lethaia 41:59-69.
2008 DOI
vertebrae of the aquatic squamate Pachyvaranus cra read more
vertebrae of the aquatic squamate Pachyvaranus crassispondylus
Buffrénil, V. de, Y. Dauphin, J.-C. Rage, and J.-Y. Sire. 2011. An enamel-like tissue, osteodermine, on the osteoderms of a fossil anguid (Glyptosaurinae) lizard. Comptes Rendus Palevol 10:427-437.
2011 DOI osteoderms of Glyptosaurinae indet.
Burns, M. E. 2008. Taxonomic utility of ankylosaur (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) osteoderms: Glyptodontopelta mimus Ford, 2000: a test case. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28:1102-1109.
2008 DOI
ankylosaur osteoderm data (Glyptodontopelta mimus, read more
ankylosaur osteoderm data (Glyptodontopelta mimus, Nodocephalosaurus kirtlandensis, Edmontonia sp., Ankylosauridae indet.; with further reference to Ankylosaurus, Euoplocephalus, Edmontonia longiceps, E. rugosidens, and Panoplosaurus)
Burns, M. E., and M. J. Vavrek. 2014. Probable ankylosaur ossicles from the middle Cenomanian Dunvegan Formation of Northwestern Alberta, Canada. PLOS ONE 9(5): e96075.
2014 DOI ossicles of Ankylosauria indet.
Burns, M. E., and P. J. Currie. 2014. External and internal structure of ankylosaur (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) osteoderms and their systematic relevance. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34:835-851.
2014 DOI
osteoderms and ossicles of ankylosaurian dinosaurs read more
osteoderms and ossicles of ankylosaurian dinosaurs (Edmontosaurus rug, sidens, Glyptodontopelta mimus, Nodocephalosaurus kirtlandensis, Euoplocephalus tutus, Mymoorapelta maysi, Gastonia sp.; as well as discussion of previously sectioned osteoderms from Gargoyleosaurus parkpinorum, Pinacosaurus grangeri, Polacanthus foxii, Nodosauridae indet., Ankylosauridae indet, Ankylosauria indet.)
Burns, M. E., M. K. Vickaryous, and P. J. Currie. 2013. Histological variability in fossil and Recent alligatoroid osteoderms: systematic and functional implications. Journal of Morphology (in press).
2013 DOI
osteoderms of crocodylians (alligatoroid Leidyosuc read more
osteoderms of crocodylians (alligatoroid Leidyosuchus sp., possibly Albertochampsa sp., Crocodylidae indet.), comparison with extant species of Alligatoroidea
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Publication YearLink Morphobank DOI
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1
Classical overview work
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2
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
Butler, E., F. Abdala, and J. Botha-Brink. 2019. Postcranial morphology of the Early Triassic epicynodont Galesaurus planiceps (Owen) from the Karoo Basin, South Africa. Papers in Palaeontology 5:1-32.
2019 DOI
long bones of non-mammaliaform epicynodont Galesau read more
long bones of non-mammaliaform epicynodont Galesaurus planiceps
Bybee, P. J., A. H. Lee, and E.-T. Lamm. 2006. Sizing the Jurassic theropod dinosaur Allosaurus: assessing growth strategy and evolution of ontogenetic scaling of limbs. Journal of Morphology 267:347-359.
2006
theropods (Allosaurus, Gorgosaurus, Tyrannosaurus read more
theropods (Allosaurus, Gorgosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex)
Cadena, E. A., and M. H. Schweitzer. 2012. Variation in osteocytes morphology vs bone type in turtle shell and their exceptional preservation from the Jurassic to the present. Bone 51:614-620.
2012 DOI
shell bones of turtles (geoemydid Rhinoclemmys sp. read more
shell bones of turtles (geoemydid Rhinoclemmys sp. and lindholmemydid Mongolemys elegans)
Cadena, E. A., D. T. Ksepka, and M. A. Norell. 2013. New material of Mongolemys elegans Khosatzky and Mlynarski, 1971 (Testudines: Lindholmemydidae), from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia with comments on bone histology and phylogeny. American Museum Novitates No. 3766:1-27.
2013 Link
shell bones of lindholmemydid turtle Mongolemys el read more
shell bones of lindholmemydid turtle Mongolemys elegans
Cadena, E. A., J. I. Bloch, and C. A. Jaramillo. 2012. New bothremydid turtle (Testudines, Pleurodira) from the Paleocene of northeastern Colombia. Journal of Paleontology 86:689-699.
2012 DOI
shell bones of bothremydid turtles (Puentemys mush read more
shell bones of bothremydid turtles (Puentemys mushaisaensis, Taphrosphys sp.; Bothremydini indet.)
Cadena, E.-A., T. M. Scheyer, J. D. Carrillo-Briceño, R. Sánchez, O. A. Aguilera-Socorro, A. Vanegas, M. Pardo, D. M. Hansen, and M. R. Sánchez-Villagra. 2020. The anatomy, paleobiology and evolutionary relationships of the largest extinct side-necked turtle. Science Advances 6(7): eaay4593.
2020 DOI
long bone (femur) of podocnemidid turtle Stupendem read more
long bone (femur) of podocnemidid turtle Stupendemys geographicus
Cambra-Moo, O., A. D. Buscalioni, J. Cubo, J. Castanet, M.-M. Loth, E. d. Margerie, and A. de Ricqlès. 2006. Histological observations of enantiornithine bone (Saurischia, Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous of Las Hoyas (Spain) Comptes Rendus Palevol 5:685-691.
2006 DOI enantiornithine Concornis cf. C. lacustris
Campbell, J. G. 1966. A dinosaur bone lesion resembling avian osteopetrosis and some remarks on the mode of development of the lesions. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society 85:163-174.
1966
iguanodontid dinosaur ‘Mochlodon’, [other mate read more
iguanodontid dinosaur ‘Mochlodon’, [other material mentioned belonging to Carnosauria indet., Dinosauria indet. and Pterosauria indet.]
Canale, J. I., I. A. Cerda, F. E. Novas, and A. Haluza. 2016. Small-sized abelisaurid (Theropoda: Ceratosauria) remains from the Upper Cretaceous of northwest Patagonia, Argentina. Cretaceous Research 62:18-28.
2016 DOI
long bones and ribs of abelisaurid Ceratosauria th read more
long bones and ribs of abelisaurid Ceratosauria theropod
Canoville, A., A. Chinsamy, and D. Angst. 2022. New comparative data on the long bone microstructure of large extant and extinct flightless birds. Diversity 14:298.
2022 DOI
long bones (femora, tibiotarsus) of exticnt palaeo read more
long bones (femora, tibiotarsus) of exticnt palaeognath birds (Vorombe titan, Aepyornis maximus, Aepyornithidae indet.)
Canoville, A., and A. Chinsamy. 2017. Bone microstructure of pareiasaurs (Parareptilia) from the Karoo Basin, South Africa: Implications for growth strategies and lifestyle habits. The Anatomical Record 300:1039-1066.
2017 DOI
long bones and ribs of pareiasaurs (Bradysaurus se read more
long bones and ribs of pareiasaurs (Bradysaurus seeleyi, Bradysaurus baini, Bradysaurus sp., Embrithosaurus sp., Pareiasaurus serridens, Pareiasaurus sp., Pareiasuchus nasicornis, Anthodon serrarius, Pareiasauria Indet.; Welgevonden pareiasaur]
Carbadillo, J. L., D. Pol, I. Cerda, and L. Salgado. 2011. The osteology of Chubutisaurus insignis Del Corro, 1975 (Dinosauria: Neosauropoda) from the 'Middle' Cretaceous of central Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31:93-110.
2011 DOI femur of neosauropod Chubutisaurus insignis
Castanet, J. 1986-1987. La squelettochronologie chez les reptiles III - application. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Paris. 13e Série 8 157-172.
1986-87 lacertid Gallotia goliath
Castanet, J., and M. Baez. 1991. Adaptation and evolution in Gallotia lizards from the Canary Islands: age, growth, maturity and longevity. Amphibia-Reptilia 12:81-102.
1991 lacertid Gallotia goliath
Castillo-Visa, O., Á. H. Luján, À. Galobart, and A. Sellés. 2022. A gigantic bizarre marine turtle (Testudines: Chelonioidea) from the Middle Campanian (Late Cretaceous) of South‑western Europe. Scientific Reports 12:18322.
2022 DOI
shell bone (costal) of chelonioid turtle Leviathan read more
shell bone (costal) of chelonioid turtle Leviathanochelys aenigmatica
Cerda, I. A. 2009. Consideraciones sobre la histogénesis de las costillas cervicales en los dinosaurios saurópodos. Ameghiniana 46:193-198.
2009 Link cervical rib of Sauropoda indet.
Reference
Publication YearLink Morphobank DOI
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1
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., A. Chinsamy, and D. Pol. 2014. Unusual endosteally formed bone tissue in a Patagonian basal sauropodomorph dinosaur. The Anatomical Record 297:1385-1391.
2014 DOI
femur of sauropodomorph dinosaur Mussaurus patagon read more
femur of sauropodomorph dinosaur Mussaurus patagonicus
Cerda, I. A., A. Chinsamy, D. Pol, C. Apaldetti, A. Otero, J. E. Powell, and R. N. Martínez. 2017. Novel insight into the origin of the growth dynamics of sauropod dinosaurs. PLoS ONE 12(6): e0179707.
2017 DOI
femora of sauropodomorph dinosaurs (Riojasaurus in read more
femora of sauropodomorph dinosaurs (Riojasaurus incertus, Coloradisaurus brevis, Adeopapposaurus mognai, Leyesaurus marayensis, Massospondylus carinatus, Mussaurus patagonicus, Leonerasaurus taquetrensis, Lessemsaurus sauropoides, Volkheimeria chubutensis, Patagosaurus fariasi)
Cerda, I. A., and A. Chinsamy. 2012. Biological implications of the bone microstructures of the Late Cretaceous ornithopod dinosaur Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32:355-368.
2012 DOI
longbones and vertebrae of ornithopod Gasparinisau read more
longbones and vertebrae of ornithopod Gasparinisaura cincosaltensis
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