Origin and early evolution of vertebrate burrowing behaviour

L Marchetti, MJ MacDougall, M Buchwitz… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
The ability to live underground is widespread among continental vertebrates, so
understanding the origin and early evolution of fossorial vertebrates and the architecture …

Size and locomotor ecology have differing effects on the external and internal morphologies of squirrel (Rodentia: Sciuridae) limb bones

J Rickman, AE Burtner, TJ Linden… - Integrative …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Mammals exhibit a diverse range of limb morphologies that are associated with different
locomotor ecologies and structural mechanics. Much remains to be investigated, however …

Endless bones most beautiful: Book review of Vivian de Buffrénil, Armand J. de Ricqlès, Louise Zylberberg, Kevin Padian (eds) 2021 Vertebrate Skeletal Histology …

MR Sánchez-Villagra - 2022 - Springer
Paleohistology has brought to vertebrate paleontology a major leap of knowledge, similar to
non-invasive imaging. It has enhanced the possibility of addressing questions of physiology …

Growth and life history of freshwater chelydrid turtles (Testudines: Cryptodira): A bone histological approach

MS Bhat, TM Cullen - Journal of Anatomy - Wiley Online Library
The current study examines the growth pattern and lifestyle habits of the freshwater
snapping turtles Chelydra and Macrochelys based on limb bone histology. Femora, humeri …