We present novel findings on sauropod bone histology that cast doubt on general
palaeohistological concepts concerning the true nature of woven bone in primary cortical …

Aquatic reptiles are very diversified in the fossil record. The description and pooling of
certain bone histological features (collagenous weave and vascular network) of the various …

Vertebrate Skeletal Histology and Paleohistology summarizes decades of research into the
biology and biological meaning of hard tissues, in both living and extinct vertebrates. In …

Cyclical growth leaves marks in bone tissue that are in the forefront of discussions about
physiologies of extinct vertebrates. Ectotherms show pronounced annual cycles of growth …

Fossil bone microanalyses reveal the ontogenetic histories of extinct tetrapods, but
incomplete fossil records often result in small sample sets lacking statistical strength. In …

Several histological studies have attempted to derive life history parameters of sauropod
dinosaurs. However, verification of sexual maturity and growth rate has been impeded by …

ABSTRACT The South African non-archosauriform archosauromorph Prolacerta and the
archosauriforms Proterosuchus, Erythrosuchus, and Euparkeria were important constituents …

As indicated by their highly vascularized fibrolamellar bone (but also by estimates from rare
growth marks and estimates from local bone tissue apposition rates), growth rates of …

Tenontosaurus tilletti is an ornithopod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian-
Albian) Cloverly and Antlers formations of the Western United States. It is represented by a …

Background Plesiosaurs are marine reptiles that arose in the Late Triassic and survived to
the Late Cretaceous. They have a unique and uniform bauplan and are known for their very …